Date:  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 06:41:28 -0600
<br>From:  "Susan G. North"  snorth[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Variation in "try"-complements?
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<br>As an East Tennesseean, I don't get the difference between the "tried
<br>locking" and "tried to lock" either. You'd have to supply those difference
<br>contexts for me as well. However, students in my English classes here at
<br>the University of Tennessee, most of whom are also Tennesseans, frequently
<br>write "try and ..." instead of "tried to ..." Any thoughts on that?
<br>
<br>Susan North
<br>Department of English
<br>The University of Tennessee
<br>snorth[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]utk.edu
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