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Post by Cheap Trixie on May 2, 2015 5:56:37 GMT -5
Are there slight differences among between "Try and answer" on the one hand, and "Try to answer" on the other hand? And if so, where does "try answering" come in?
are they all correct?
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Post by Chris Johnson on May 2, 2015 5:56:59 GMT -5
Looks like a riddle for our grammar geeks.
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Post by Balto Bob on May 2, 2015 5:57:53 GMT -5
I hear all of them all the time and I never get it.
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Post by taylorLikedmySHirt on May 2, 2015 5:58:40 GMT -5
Pretty sure in your sentence "try and" would be incorrect unless you are giving someone two actions.... or maybe not.
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Post by Chris Johnson on May 2, 2015 5:59:17 GMT -5
This is what makes English difficult. So many rules. So many times where multiple things can sound correct.
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Post by Andrew on May 2, 2015 6:00:26 GMT -5
"Try and answer" is incorrect. You don't try and anything.
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Post by Balto Bob on May 2, 2015 6:01:04 GMT -5
I think "Try answering" sounds fine, but more in a dictating way.
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Post by Cheap Trixie on May 2, 2015 6:01:43 GMT -5
Okay so:
Try and = wrong
Try answering = a command
So, "try to" must be the correct one.... ??
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Post by Andrew on May 2, 2015 6:02:03 GMT -5
I guess you. You would try to do something. Not try and do something.
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Post by Cheap Trixie on May 2, 2015 6:02:30 GMT -5
Thanks. I'll also wait for confirmation from Christina and A Dream is a Wish.
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Post by darckonquest on May 2, 2015 7:54:49 GMT -5
"Try and answer" is incorrect. You don't try and anything. Today on the Price is Right we have a new game! You try to run through this obstacle course full of disgruntled alligators while simultaneously answering awkward questions about your childhood! 1... 2... 3... TRY AND ANSWER! (ignore the fact that this game has nothing to do with prices) Imperative sentence "Try and answer!" - Implied "you" subject, with two verbs applied. This is fun. EDIT : I should point out that the phrase "try and answer" used as "please try to answer this question" still feels wrong. I just like to try to come up with grammar exceptions : ) My gut says it's because you aren't trying and answering concurrently but sequentially (which I made concurrent in my example). But, I don't have anything to back that up, just intuition. |
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Post by Desired Apathy on May 2, 2015 12:35:57 GMT -5
"Try to" would be correct.
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Post by ~apple~ on May 2, 2015 20:47:29 GMT -5
Don't forget punctuation. Try, and answer.  |
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Post by A Dream Is A Wish (Old) on May 3, 2015 12:55:06 GMT -5
Both are technically correct grammar in my opinion, but "try to answer" is more correct because it says what you are trying to do directly, if that makes sense.
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Post by Vladimir Kortensky on May 3, 2015 17:10:09 GMT -5
Don't forget punctuation. Try, and answer. This too. |
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