On 1/6/06, Chris BONDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Now let us look at
> 'try and ...'


instead of "try to"?
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How can one try and jump over the fence?  You will try TO jump over the fence, 
then you will find whether you did or did not.

"and"  is to join two or more 'equal' objects together into one sentence.
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'getting started'

instead of "got started"? or "start"? or what?
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Why not just How to start or Starting out
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and
> 'I got ....  '
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"I have"?

but what do you say when someone asked you what you received for your
birthday?  It's not "I have" - it's "I got".
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If I say, "I got a great book.".
What does that mean?  Does that mean I received, stole, bought, etc a book.

'got' is the past tense (or past participle, but usual the past tense) of  'get'
'get' can mean
come to have  got a book
obtain    get a book, got a book
receive, gain  get or got a book
catch,  got a cold
do  get a haircut
become  get old
be  get nervous.

So why not use a nice short word that will allow the hearer to know more of 
what 
you mean.  It is simple to say some of the other words rather than keep on 
using 
get, got, or git.

Just my humble opinion.

Chris
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