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Having looked through the instances myself, it seems to me that 'try and' is used in situations where the speaker is fairly certain of a... -
Ash Nazg replied to the thread Usage of "try to" vs. "try and".Do we think that this is consistent with the idea that, in general, "to try to" is more formal, and "to try and" is more colloquial, as...
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I did a quick whiz-thru of the digital text, and I found 18 "try and" and 25 "try to." I don't see any particular pattern of speaker or...
