Re: Naughty Words

LOL! You're welcome Sue. I will jump at any chance to become the annoying "Grammar Nazi" as my mother likes to call me. :)

Lots of love
Summer (007) -- 1M+
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Sue wrote:
On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:14:50 GMT, Summer C
<summer.cashmore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's definitely "try to" Sue. "Try and" is colloquial English and is acceptable if used in spoken English. However, in written English the correct use is "try to". Sorry...I was an English teacher for a while. :)

Lots of love
Summer (007) -- 1M+

Bless you, bless you, bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You
will be oft quoted.
Sue

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Sue wrote:
On 6 Mar 2007 21:34:39 -0800, "FlatIronMike"
<FlatironMikeNYC@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Howdy folks. Been reading and thinking some and realize there are two
words in English that really need to be used little if at all as they
are naughty words. They are: Try and Should.

Think about it. "I am going to TRY to quit smoking." is tentative.
We are here to quit. "I quit smoking." is what we say and gain
strength from it. We are not trying, we are DOING it!

And Should. Think about it. "You SHOULD stop smoking." You really
put the other person on the spot with the word should. If they fail
to live up to your expectations, they failed you. "You CAN stop
smoking" is positive as it gives the other person the power to make
their own wise choice.

Nuff said. The quit is going wonderful. I get finding this smobrity
a great space to be in.

FlatironMike
Three weeks, three days, 2 hours, 6 minutes and 18 seconds. 481
cigarettes not smoked, saving $144.53. Life saved: 1 day, 16 hours, 5
minutes.
This is an excellent post. I have a question to throw out ot whomever
reads this. It hasn't anything to do with smoking but has to do with
the grammar that you used. There are two choices - "try to" or "try
and". You said, "I am going to TRY to quit smoking." Now, I agree
with you. Most people would have said "TRY *and* quit smoking". That
doesn't make any sense to me because it presupposes that the action
*will* be accomplished. Anyone who reads this (probably just you,
Mike) have any thoughts on this?
Sue
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