Now with Beer Garden for our smoking patrons.it is indeed incorrect to use "try and" if all you mean is "try to".
However I'd argue that "try and" can be correctly used to indicate confidence of success.
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Re: officious grammar thread
In that context all I can think of as an example is...Aidan wrote:it is indeed incorrect to use "try and" if all you mean is "try to".
However I'd argue that "try and" can be correctly used to indicate confidence of success.
Is that what you mean?He will try and succeed.
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