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> Double infinitives ("to try to eat") getting changed to an infinitive and conjunction ("to try and eat"). Or worse, 'to try eat', 'to go get', etc. It's ver
by OJFord 2y ago
> Double infinitives ("to try to eat") getting changed to an infinitive and conjunction ("to try and eat").
Or worse, 'to try eat', 'to go get', etc.
It's very American to my ear, but it's certainly invading.
Another corruption triple like that is to do something 'accidentally' / 'by accident' / 'on accident'.
- int_19h 2y ago"go" + verb is a specific idiom, but I can't say that "try eat" is common or widely accepted as correct in American English.