Timeline for Difference between "try to do" and "try and do" [duplicate]
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| Jul 28, 2023 at 13:42 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of Why do we say "try and" [verb] instead of "try to" [verb]? (E.g., "Try and call me tomorrow.") | |
| Jul 28, 2023 at 11:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Feb 22, 2015 at 4:05 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 10, 2015 at 18:47 | answer | added | still searching | timeline score: -1 | |
| Oct 6, 2014 at 14:23 | answer | added | Earl | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 29, 2014 at 17:14 | answer | added | George Payne | timeline score: -1 | |
| Dec 6, 2013 at 4:09 | answer | added | PapaBear | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 15, 2012 at 2:54 | answer | added | Kaiser Octavius | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 14, 2012 at 20:34 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Related: Origins: “try and” over “try to” — how did we get there from here? | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 20:52 | history | edited | user2683 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 27, 2011 at 10:55 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 9 | |
| Oct 27, 2011 at 10:13 | answer | added | Hugo | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 2:13 | comment | added | sibbaldiopsis | Do or do not -- there is no try. | |
| Apr 13, 2011 at 1:18 | history | edited | JSBձոգչ |
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| Dec 15, 2010 at 14:49 | answer | added | Stein G. Strindhaug | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 15, 2010 at 14:11 | comment | added | TRiG | Tolkien's editors corrected "try and" to "try to" in The Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien changed it back. Read into that what you will. | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 20:06 | answer | added | Taldaugion | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 12, 2010 at 19:39 | answer | added | Gary | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 11, 2010 at 20:09 | vote | accept | serg | ||
| Aug 11, 2010 at 18:35 | answer | added | kitukwfyer | timeline score: 38 | |
| Aug 11, 2010 at 18:32 | answer | added | VonC | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 11, 2010 at 18:32 | answer | added | J.T. Grimes | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 11, 2010 at 18:14 | history | asked | serg | CC BY-SA 2.5 |