try and and try to

[Barbara Need]

It's not. I don't remember the details, but I'm fairly sure Visser looks at
this construction. Of course, I don't HAVE Visser.

Barbara Need
UChicago--Linguistics

(I can't even remember the title of Visser's monster work on English verbs).

>In a message dated 6/26/2000 9:31:52 AM, Dfcoye at AOL.COM writes:
>
><< the increasing use of 'try and' vs. 'try to' >>
>
>belatedly--how do we know that this is "increasing"? just curious