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  • 1try and — See come and. Although try and is common in speech for try to, it should never be used except in highly informal conversation. Avoid such everyday expressions as Try and make me, Try and stop me, and Try and come …

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  • 2try and —  , as in constructions such as We’ll try and come back next week, is regarded as colloquial by many authorities and thus is better avoided in serious writing. Use try to instead …

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  • 3try and — try and, try to 1. Try, like come and go, can be followed by and + verb instead of by a to infinitive: • Try and survive, try and live with the system Gerald Seymour, 1983. This use is somewhat more informal than the construction with to, and… …

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  • 4and — and/or is a formula indicating that the items connected by it can be taken either together or as alternatives. Its principal uses are in legal and other formal documents (These ratios indicated that the changes in the order of crystallinity were… …

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  • 5Come Back in One Piece — Single by Aaliyah featuring DMX from the album Romeo Must Die: The Album …

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  • 6try to — try and, try to 1. Try, like come and go, can be followed by and + verb instead of by a to infinitive: • Try and survive, try and live with the system Gerald Seymour, 1983. This use is somewhat more informal than the construction with to, and… …

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  • 7Come Back to Bed — Song by John Mayer from the album Heavier Things Format Digital download Recorded 2003 Genre Blues Acoustic rock …

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  • 8try — [trī] vt. tried, trying [ME trien < OFr trier < ? VL * tritare, to cull out, grind < L tritus, pp. of terere, to rub, thresh grain: see TRITE] 1. Obs. to separate; set apart 2. a) to melt or render (fat, etc.) to get (the oil) b) to… …

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