LL-L 'Grammar' 2010.12.30 (01) [EN]

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From: Pat Barrett pbarrett at cox.net
Subject: LL-L 'Grammar' 2010.12.29 (05) [EN]

How about "He'll come and take it"? "He'll come to take it" is different;
it's purpose. That fits with what Kirsteen says.

Pat Barrett pbarrett at cox.net
http://ideas.lang-learn.us/barrett.php

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From: Pat Barrett pbarrett at cox.net
Subject: LL-L 'Grammar' 2010.12.29 (03) [EN]

Where does the "should" come from? Most such usages do indeed have roots in
older stages or regional varieties of the language, so your question is a
good one. I say try and verb all the time as do most people I know. Exactly
how do you decide what it "should" be?

Pat Barrett pbarrett at cox.net
http://ideas.lang-learn.us/barrett.php

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk
Subject: LL-L 'Grammar' 2010.12.29 (03) [EN]

Not just American; you certainly hear it in England. Come to think of it, I
say it myself. I don't think of it as "try to do it"; I am saying I will
try, and then do it.

Paul
Derby
England

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