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by foysavas
307 days ago
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The "and" in "try and..." may be a shorthand for the material implication of two temporal modal paths: "try and X"
= can X -> must X
= not can X or must X That said, the word "both" doesn't collocate before "try and X" because it instead pushes us toward an interpretation as logical conjunction: "both try and X"
= can X and must X Likewise, despite the usage of "try not to", the phrase "try not and" doesn't show up, because under material implication the phrase becomes nonsense: "try not and X"
= not can X -> must X
= can X or must X |
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