The "and" in "try and..." may be a shorthand for the material implication of two temporal modal paths: "try and X" = can X -> must X = not can X or must X Tha

The "and" in "try and..." may be a shorthand for the material implication of two temporal modal paths: "try and X" = can X -> must X = not can X or must X That said, the word "both" doesn't collocate before "try and X" because it instead pushes us toward an interpretation as logical conjunction: "both try and X" = can X and must X Likewise, despite the usage of "try not to", the phrase "try not and" doesn't show up, because under material implication the phrase becomes nonsense: "try not and X" = not can X -> must X = can X or must X