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Off-topic: “has the distinction disappeared” <== that's not a question is it? (Don't get me started.) Even BBC announcers regularly use "the preposition 'and
by CalmQuiet 17y ago
Off-topic:
“has the distinction disappeared” <== that's not a question is it? (Don't get me started.)
Even BBC announcers regularly use "the preposition 'and'" - as in "We need to try and do better." ::Shakespeare grave-rolling::
- cperciva 17y agoWe need to try and do better. This sentence is entirely grammatically correct. It makes the point that simply trying better isn't good enough -- we must also do better. Now, whether this is the sentence intended is a completely different matter, of course. :-)