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Old 12-30-2009, 11:58 PM   #11
Urbane Guerrilla
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet View Post
My pet peeve is when someone says "try and" instead of "try to".
Not one that bothers me. It's simply making two verbal phrases, two verbal concepts packed into one sentence: the trying, and the other one. Though try to is tighter.

Honest colloquialisms don't bother me as would outright barbarisms.
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