#try and

[cthaehart]

Thank you very much to everyone who’s been reblogging Doc Ock stuff, adore the thirst, keep it coming pals I love to see it

[gramrgednangel]

Tool Time: Using Google Ngrams

Tool Time: Using Google Ngrams

I was sure I’d written about this before, but no. So.

Google Ngrams is a great, easy-to-use tool for finding the frequency of a word or phrase in printed material. Let’s say you want to know how popular the phrase “try and” is, compared to “try to.”

You go here and then you enter the phrases you want to search for, separated by a comma. (You can fiddle with the start/end dates, the corpus to be…

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[yeosangsbrokendrone]

Anyways I love winwin

[theyuniversity]

What’s Up with “Try and” and “Try to”?

Calm down. 😅

The difference between “try and” and “try to” is very simple:

👩🏻‍🏫💬 “Try and” is commonly heard in everyday conversations, but it is considered by many (including standardized tests) to be inappropriate in formal writing.

ℹ️ Here is a helpful video lesson on the above topic (from Merriam-Webster):

[dave-the-tech-guy]

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im awake again

[inverttheory]

i doubt any english preposition is dropped as frequently as "to" tho i would love to collect some genuine data on it... especially considering how versatile it is

[theyuniversity]

What’s Up with “Try and” and “Try to”?

Calm down. 😅

The difference between “try and” and “try to” is very simple:

👸💬 “Try and” is commonly heard in everyday conversations, but it is considered by many (including standardized tests) to be inappropriate in formal writing.

ℹ️ Here is a helpful video lesson on the above topic (from Merriam-Webster):