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[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

That sounds right, though. Ugh, in my head, I hate to add "to be."

Etre!

(My grandma used to say feesh for fish.) Definitely some regional differences.

My pet peeve is when someone says "try and" instead of "try to".

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

From Gizmodo.

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[Shawnee123]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

My pet peeve is when someone says "try and" instead of "try to".

That's another one of mine! When I hear it on TV or in a movie or on the news, I cringe.

Yeah, I'm no fun to watch TV with. :p

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

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.