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Here's the working rule for “try and” vs. “try to”: ✏️ Formal writing takes “try to”: annual reports, proposals, grant applications, anything that goes past a legal department ✏️ Everything else can take either: email, blog posts, slide decks, articles, anything that reflects how you actually talk. “Try and” has been in print since 1686, Fowler defended it in 1926, and Garner still calls it a standard idiom in British English. So when it turns up in a draft, the question isn’t whether it’s correct. It’s whether the register fits the document. #WritingTips #BusinessWriting

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Sticklers insist "try and" should be "try to." But the OED’s first citation for "try and" is from 1686. So where did the rule come from, and what should you follow instead? Read all about it in the latest issue of Improve Your Business Writing newsletter. #WritingTips #BusinessWriting

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