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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Review.
Hi,
I have written the following sentence. It's part of a conversation between two people.
‘Right, I’m going to leave you now. Try and get some rest and hopefully you’ll feel a bit better later on.’
Does that sound ok, or should I possibly change it to the following.
‘Right, I’m going to leave you now. But try to get some rest and hopefully you’ll feel a bit better later on.’
Or any suggestions?
I have written the following sentence. It's part of a conversation between two people.
‘Right, I’m going to leave you now. Try and get some rest and hopefully you’ll feel a bit better later on.’
Does that sound ok, or should I possibly change it to the following.
‘Right, I’m going to leave you now. But try to get some rest and hopefully you’ll feel a bit better later on.’
Or any suggestions?
Top answer
"try to (do something)" and "try and (do something)" are both OK in this kind of conversational situation. In formal English, "to" is more polished and is preferable. Adding "But" does not make a great difference to the meaning, but creates a vague-ish feeling of contrast.
- "try to (do something)" and "try and (do something)" are both OK in this kind of conversational situation.
- In formal English, "to" is more polished and is preferable.
- Adding "But" does not make a great difference to the meaning, but creates a vague-ish feeling of contrast.
- Everything else looks fine.
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"try to (do something)" and "try and (do something)" are both OK in this kind of conversational situation. In formal English, "to" is more polished and is preferable.
Adding "But" does not make a great difference to the meaning, but creates a vague-ish feeling of contrast.
Everything else looks fine.
Adding "But" does not make a great difference to the meaning, but creates a vague-ish feeling of contrast.
Everything else looks fine.
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Try and vs. to is one of my pet peeves. Technically, with and there is the indication that what is tried will indeed happen.
With to, all that is indicated is the intent. But, as GPY noted, it is probably more common in the States to hear and rather than to. And I guess I can live with that as long as it doesn't appear in formal writin
With to, all that is indicated is the intent. But, as GPY noted, it is probably more common in the States to hear and rather than to. And I guess I can live with that as long as it doesn't appear in formal writin
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