Akdom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
"try and relate" vs "try to relate"
"The strongest selling point of "Frost/Nixon" is the intimate nature of the film. More often than not, historical accounts of famous people often carry a distracting level of distance from the subject, forcing the viewer to try and relate to the situation instead of genuinely sympathizing with them."
help me to understand the above sentence, i don't understand why here he uses "try and relate".
Wouldn't it make more sense by saying "....forcing the viewer to try to relate to the situation..."
i don't understand the grammar of using "try to" "try and ..."
Thank you in advance!
help me to understand the above sentence, i don't understand why here he uses "try and relate".
Wouldn't it make more sense by saying "....forcing the viewer to try to relate to the situation..."
i don't understand the grammar of using "try to" "try and ..."
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
Many speakers and writers substitute try and for try to . Some teachers regard the practice of making such substitutions as wrong. Others teach it as the idiom to try and + verb.
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Many speakers and writers substitute try and for try to.
Some teachers regard the practice of making such substitutions as wrong.
Others teach it as the idiom to try and + verb.
In any case, there is no difference in the meaning.
CJ
Some teachers regard the practice of making such substitutions as wrong.
Others teach it as the idiom to try and + verb.
In any case, there is no difference in the meaning.
CJ
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