SEE IF/WHETHER as embedded Q (Zwicky's suggestion)

[RonButters at AOL.COM]

Larry Horn wonders can "speakers from dialects in which there is
zero-agreement for third person singular (at least some of the time) ... say
things like"

She try and be quiet.
He try and finish his work

In a message dated 7/25/2000 2:12:41 PM, storkrn at EMAIL.MSN.COM writes:

<< Strictly an amateur observation, Larry, but yes, I hear "She try and ..."
>>

I suspect that what <storkrn> is actually hearing is

She tryin' uh be quiet 'She is trying to be quiet' (etc.)

"*She try and be quiet" strikes me as just as ungrammatical as "She tries and
be quiet"--though I have never tested this with any dialect speakers, it is
based only on my observation of Noeth Carolina speech. We need to hear from a
native speaker, huh?