Here is a grammar refresher on using and and to.
I see it all the time, and although it’s more a choice between casual and formal use than right and wrong, I thought it was worth writing about.
Here’s what I’m referring to:
- Be sure and visit the robotic display at the museum.
- Be sure to visit the robotic display at the museum.
- When slicing a sandwich, try and cut it evenly.
- When slicing a sandwich, try to cut it evenly.
- Stop by the display and learn more.
- Stop by the display to learn more.
Make sure and set the stove to 350 degrees.- Make sure to set the stove to 350 degrees.
- When reading, pay attention and notice mistakes.
- When reading, pay attention to notice mistakes.
- Send the kids to the beach and have a great time
- Send the kids to the beach to have a great time.
- My goal is…
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Useful reminder and another one of the idiomatic conundrums of the English language,
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I see this “and” construction a lot, too, in my customers’ manuscripts. People frequently substitute “and” in their speech for “to.” While it *sounds* perfectly normal in speech (like “There’s a bunch of people over there”), it’s not correct grammatically. 😀
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PS
no idea where that ‘that’ came from LOL
😀 😀 😀
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One thing that to notices is that many of these linguistic conundrums are none existent for whoever has studied thoroughly Latin and Greek (even though Greek is not fashionable these days 😉 )
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Well, in many cases the ‘casual’ way is just ‘wrong’ 😉
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