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The linguistic prescriptivist in in me cringes at "try and", but I recognize usage has moved on. https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/were-going-to-explain-
by cratermoon 1y ago
The linguistic prescriptivist in in me cringes at "try and",
but I recognize usage has moved on.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/were-going-to-explain-the-deal-with-try-and-and-try-to https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/were-going-to-explai...
- antonvs 1y agoWhen prescriptivism is balking at usages that have been continuously in effect for four centuries, the problem is not with the usage. The prescriptivism you're using is suspect.
- llbbdd 1y agoPrescriptivism is silly anyway, you'd be better off counting sand.
- nyeah 1y agoYeah. Prescriptivism may have a worthwhile role to play. But it needs to be a lot more thought out than "what some authority wrote 75 years ago".
- NuclearPM 1y agoPrescriptivism is good. I could care less.
- antonvs 1y agoHaha I love it. Yiddish constructions ftw.