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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: visit with #83811 10/19/02 05:52 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina S sjm old hand sjm old hand S Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina It's the inconsistency I find so delicious. I happen to agree that "try and" is just plain wrong. Yet, I wouldn't hesitate to say "come and see us some time." Surely, if one is wrong the other is, yet one irritates us, while the other is already standard. Which divinity gets to call the shape of these ends? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted try and vs try to wwh 10/18/02 05:15 PM Re: try and vs try to RhubarbCommando 10/18/02 06:24 PM Re: try and vs try to tsuwm 10/18/02 06:44 PM Re: try and vs try to Sparteye 10/19/02 01:43 AM Re: try and vs try to Bobyoungbalt 10/19/02 01:47 AM Re: try and vs try to Capital Kiwi 10/19/02 03:08 AM Re: visit with AnnaStrophic 10/19/02 03:42 AM Re: visit with Capital Kiwi 10/19/02 04:32 AM Re: visit with sjm 10/19/02 05:52 AM Re: visit with tsuwm 10/19/02 06:56 AM Re: visit with Faldage 10/19/02 11:01 AM Re: visit with + "on" Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/02 11:49 AM Re: visit with of troy 10/19/02 12:18 PM Re: visit with Faldage 10/19/02 12:39 PM Re: try and vs try to sjm 10/19/02 03:13 AM Re: try and vs try to Sparteye 10/20/02 04:11 PM Re: try and vs try to FishonaBike 10/21/02 11:46 AM Re: try and vs try to Bean 10/21/02 02:02 PM Re: try and vs try to milum 10/19/02 01:04 PM Re: try and vs try to Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/02 01:14 PM Re: try and vs try to milum 10/19/02 02:36 PM trying to get to the nuculus of the discussion wofahulicodoc 10/19/02 02:42 PM Re: trying to get to the nuculus of the discussio milum 10/19/02 03:08 PM conference call to the Committee? wofahulicodoc 10/19/02 03:18 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? tsuwm 10/19/02 03:48 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? Capital Kiwi 10/19/02 04:46 PM Trying my patience? musick 10/20/02 04:55 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? milum 10/20/02 06:02 PM Re: conference call to the Committee? tsuwm 10/20/02 06:07 PM Re: try and vs try to of troy 10/19/02 03:07 PM Re: try and vs try to Buffalo Shrdlu 10/19/02 04:53 PM Re: try and vs try to wsieber 10/21/02 05:19 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 Topics13,915 Posts229,990 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 696 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 18 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,956 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,953 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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