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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: try and vs try to #83817 10/19/2002 1:04 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama milum old hand milum old hand Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 872 Birmingham, Alabama Semantically the point is in the trying. As in... All we could do is try, and see if someone would come and explain. (omit comma) And it is temporal, as in... We all tried (time one) and (time two) then saw (for example) that milo was right. Sometimes I question the use of "try to" when "try and" would do quite well thank you. 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 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 24 A C Bowden 7 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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