PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to A Comm for Historymemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoHistorical photos are so fascinatinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoOH! I was wondering wtf they were saying. Dude I didn’t get it. The other one that bothers me is “try and” instead of “try to.” for some reason it really gets to me.
minus-squareidiomaddict@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoThat’s pretty similar to: “I’ll go and do something“ instead of “I’ll go do something.“ I wonder if there are other examples.
minus-squarejaspersgroove@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHeaven help you if you ever run into a situation where “piqued” is contextually appropriate. Lose and loose as well…and cue/que/queue, and dozens of others
minus-squareFlightyPenguin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI love the Strunk and White style guide that says, “try and ‘try to’”. Very tongue-in-grammatical-cheek.
OH! I was wondering wtf they were saying. Dude I didn’t get it.
The other one that bothers me is “try and” instead of “try to.” for some reason it really gets to me.
That’s pretty similar to: “I’ll go and do something“ instead of “I’ll go do something.“ I wonder if there are other examples.
Heaven help you if you ever run into a situation where “piqued” is contextually appropriate.
Lose and loose as well…and cue/que/queue, and dozens of others
I love the Strunk and White style guide that says, “try and ‘try to’”. Very tongue-in-grammatical-cheek.