23 July 2006

Try And vs. Try To

Pet peeve:

Hearing or reading, "I'll try AND do..." Instead of "I'll try TO do..."

If you thought you could accomplish something then why not just say, "I'll do it."
If you thought you may not be able to accomplish something but will give it a good try then say, "I'll try to do it. "

"I'll try and do it" is two different statements. It's like covering all the bases and not actually committing to whatever it is you're going to do. Are you going to do it? Are you going to try? Do you actually know what you are doing?

Are you a TRY AND or a TRY TO?

1 comment:

Brian said...

I'll try and not do that anymore ;-)