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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: try and vs try to #83803 10/18/2002 6:24 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Quite agree, Dr Bill. If the phrase had been something on the lines of, "I will try and if I fail I will try something else", fair enough. But the phrase you quote should most definitely be, "I will try to conserve ...". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted try and vs try to wwh 10/18/2002 5:15 PM Re: try and vs try to RhubarbCommando 10/18/2002 6:24 PM Re: try and vs try to tsuwm 10/18/2002 6:44 PM Re: try and vs try to Sparteye 10/19/2002 1:43 AM Re: try and vs try to Bobyoungbalt 10/19/2002 1:47 AM Re: try and vs try to Capital Kiwi 10/19/2002 3:08 AM Re: visit with AnnaStrophic 10/19/2002 3:42 AM Re: visit with Capital Kiwi 10/19/2002 4:32 AM Re: visit with sjm 10/19/2002 5:52 AM Re: visit with tsuwm 10/19/2002 6:56 AM Re: visit with Faldage 10/19/2002 11:01 AM Re: visit with + "on" Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/2002 11:49 AM Re: visit with of troy 10/19/2002 12:18 PM Re: visit with Faldage 10/19/2002 12:39 PM Re: try and vs try to sjm 10/19/2002 3:13 AM Re: try and vs try to Sparteye 10/20/2002 4:11 PM Re: try and vs try to FishonaBike 10/21/2002 11:46 AM Re: try and vs try to Bean 10/21/2002 2:02 PM Re: try and vs try to milum 10/19/2002 1:04 PM Re: try and vs try to Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/2002 1:14 PM Re: try and vs try to milum 10/19/2002 2:36 PM trying to get to the nuculus of the discussion wofahulicodoc 10/19/2002 2:42 PM Re: trying to get to the nuculus of the discussio milum 10/19/2002 3:08 PM conference call to the Committee? wofahulicodoc 10/19/2002 3:18 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? tsuwm 10/19/2002 3:48 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? Capital Kiwi 10/19/2002 4:46 PM Trying my patience? musick 10/20/2002 4:55 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? milum 10/20/2002 6:02 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? tsuwm 10/20/2002 6:07 PM Re: try and vs try to of troy 10/19/2002 3:07 PM Re: try and vs try to Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/2002 4:53 PM Re: try and vs try to wsieber 10/21/2002 5:19 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,371 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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