 John the OFM  | 09 Aug 2010 7:29 a.m. PST |
I find it amusing how jarring hearing a familiar word used can sound jarring if not used "correctly".  I am also aware that "usage" is also used in this context. Try to keep this civil, OK?
Try and keep this civil, OK?
Do both mean the same, or are there subtle differences? |
aecurtis  | 09 Aug 2010 7:52 a.m. PST |
I rely on authoritative sources: link link Allen |
| Sue Kes | 09 Aug 2010 8:06 a.m. PST |
Nope! Both used over here, I've no idea if it's a regional style or just personal preference. |
| adub74 | 09 Aug 2010 8:16 a.m. PST |
So, does that mean it is OK to write 'woulda' or 'try and' on TMP? Can I claim this forum as being informal and argue that 'eye dialect' is allowed? It is, afterall, in the dictionary. :) |
| Regrebnelle | 09 Aug 2010 8:51 a.m. PST |
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'" --Yoda |
| kyoteblue | 09 Aug 2010 9:07 a.m. PST |
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| Streitax | 09 Aug 2010 9:16 a.m. PST |
That would be 'Fixin' to' Kyote, leastwise while I was in Oklahoma. Of course, they might'n have been pullin' the wool over a carpetbag'n Yankee's eyes. Not that any self respectin' Sooner'd touch a sheep, you understand. When I went to the school to explain to my son's teacher that he would only be enrolled for the first week because we were moving, but he insisted on starting school anyway, she just looked at me with her hed cocked to the side while I was speaking and then said 'You're not from around here, are ya?'. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 09 Aug 2010 5:26 p.m. PST |
Uncle Bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Grammar Gestapo is scaring me again!
Bet you thought I was gonna say Nazis didn't ya? |
| aecurtis | 09 Aug 2010 5:49 p.m. PST |
Hey, Kyote, jeet yet? Allen |
| kyoteblue | 09 Aug 2010 5:51 p.m. PST |
Yep, had cheap Mexican food…diet coke and a smoke…. |
| Lord Hypnogogue | 09 Aug 2010 6:24 p.m. PST |
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| galvinm | 09 Aug 2010 7:03 p.m. PST |
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| John the OFM | 09 Aug 2010 8:26 p.m. PST |
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| Mrs Pumblechook | 11 Aug 2010 8:02 a.m. PST |
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