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Am I getting old and pedantic?

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thatbags Sat 01-Apr-17 21:28:35

I'm pretty sure I've heard "try and" quite a lot and I don't know whether I normally say "try to" or "try and". Could it be a north Lancashire thing, I wonder?

I'll have to try and trip myself up on it when I'm least expecting it.

Just to find out which I say most 'naturally'.

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thatbags Sat 01-Apr-17 21:25:38

But I am going to try and make a curry. One day. A gentle one.

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BluebellGran Sat 01-Apr-17 20:57:22

Try saying 'try and' in the past tense. E.g. I tried and made a curry. You made a curry. You didn't try to make a curry.

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thatbags Fri 31-Mar-17 21:55:38

Yeah*, you prolly are.

*pronounced yer (as in there, not yer as in were). Just so's yer know, like.

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Atqui Fri 31-Mar-17 20:27:42

You would certainly be more fashionable starting your sentence with SO. Its use has evolved hasn't it? To begin with , in modern speech, it was used to preface a question..."So....what are you doing today then?" Now it seems to be used to open any sentence , particularly on the Today programme.

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Riverwalk Fri 31-Mar-17 19:31:10

... without Googling the answer.

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Riverwalk Fri 31-Mar-17 19:26:12

Surely 'ter' and 'fer' are pronunciations, so not incorrect in any way?

Can you explain under what grammatical rule 'try and' is incorrect?

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BluebellGran Fri 31-Mar-17 18:40:06

I'm trying to resist commenting to anyone who's listening when I hear on the radio or television, 'ter' instead of 'to', or 'fer' instead of 'for' or 'try and' instead of 'try to.'

If I started this comment with 'so,' would I be more fashionable? Grrrrrr!

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