Another Repeat Lesson: Try

rogersgeorge on November 30th, 2018

(n.b.: When you say “another repeat,” you’re implying the existence of at least three of whatever you’re talking about, the original, the repeat, and the another.) Anyway, I’m sure I mentioned this solecism in the past, but I can’t find a single post about it. So maybe I need to, um, repeat the lesson!

Don’t say, “try and [do something]” 
Say “try to [do the something].”

Here are a couple comics. One gets it right and one gets it wrong. 

Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip for September 26, 2018
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2018/09/26
Rabbits Against Magic Comic Strip for September 26, 2018
https://www.gocomics.com/rabbitsagainstmagic/2018/09/26

Maybe the rabbit needs better grammar more than he needs a shower!

Try to google n.b. if you don’t know what it means. 

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