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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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How would punctuate this kind of a sentence.

A bit of advice though: don't try and know how things work, or how they will end.
  

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Anonymous A bit of advice though: don't try and to know how things work, or how they will end. For casual writing, this is fine. However, I don't like "try and"; I prefer "try to".

— Philip

  • Anonymous A bit of advice though: don't try and to know how things work, or how they will end.
  • For casual writing, this is fine.
  • However, I don't like "try and"; I prefer "try to".
  • Some would find the comma unnecessary.
  • Do you think that perhaps "guess" would be a better word than "know"?
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AnonymousA bit of advice though: don't try and to know how things work, or how they will end.

For casual writing, this is fine. However, I don't like "try and"; I prefer "try to". Some would find the comma unnecessary. Do you think that perhaps "guess" would be a better word than "know"?
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