@PugJesusM to A sub for HistorymemesEnglish • 1 month agoHistorical photos are so fascinatingimagemessage-square5arrow-up191arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@SendMePhotoslinkEnglish5•1 month 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month 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-square@FlightyPenguinlinkEnglish2•1 month agoI love the Strunk and White style guide that says, “try and ‘try to’”. Very tongue-in-grammatical-cheek.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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.
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.
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.
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.