Try and …

People say and write they will “try and” do things. They shouldn’t. People should write and say they will “try to” do things.

“Try to” implies success isn’t assured. But “try and” implies the person is both going to try, and then succeed, at doing something, at which point the “try” part becomes superfluous.

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