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To: georgiadevildog
When people say "I am going to try and go to the store later" instead of "try TO go to the store later". It's not try and, it's try to.
102 posted on 12/22/2004 10:59:31 AM PST by Bella_Bru (You're about as funny as a case sensitive search engine.)
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To: Bella_Bru

Another one: "I should of gone" instead of "I should have gone."

I think the error is common because the contraction "should've" sounds like "should of."


171 posted on 12/22/2004 11:32:45 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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