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#2 (permalink) Sun Apr 24, 2005 17:53 pm Curb |
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This means simply restrict. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2006 16:36 pm Curb stealing in the country |
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Interesting grammar "to try AND curb". Is it an expression or it just should be "to try TO curb"? |
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Vitaly Guest
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#4 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2006 17:08 pm Try and curb |
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Hi Vitaly,
Glad you like the grammar. You might also like to note the following:
come and see go and ask stop and think
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Alan Co-founder

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#5 (permalink) Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:36 am Curb stealing in the country |
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Hello Alan,
I met this expression when after a verb instead of "to" we see "and" .Then I had looked for its origin. "try and..." I found this:
"In fact, “try and” may be older than “try to,” according to etymologists. We often find “and” between two related verbs, and nobody squawks."
Similar ones: "come and...", " go and...", "stop and..."
http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2009/05/lets-try-try-again.html
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