There Is No "Try And"

Okay now I'm going to attempt to fix the grammar of the world. At least, the English speaking part. Mainly America. I'm not so prideful as to think I could fix the grammar of other languages. And the Brits and the Aussies are on their own.

Cease the "try and" people. Desist. It is grammatically incorrect and annoying.

Let me explain. I often hear and/or read a sentence similar to the following: "I'll try and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Or, "He should try and do it like I told him to in the first place."

Ugh. I feel gross just writing that. I actually had some difficulty forming those sentences. Do you see the error here?

Try to go.

Try to do.

There is no either here. No conjunction. (Conjunction junction! What's your function?)

I'll prove my point with a little bit of logic and a whole lot of thesaurus-ing.

"I'll try and go tonight but I'm not sure I can."

"I'll try in addition to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Nope.

"I'll try plus go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Wrong.

"I'll try as well as go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Definitely not.

Now if I change out the word "try"...

"I'll endeavor and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Uh huh.

"I'll strive and go tonight but I'm not sure I can."  No.

"I'll attempt and go tonight but I'm not sure I can." I don't think so, Tim.

See what I'm getting at? Let's see what a little "to" will do...

"I'll endeavor to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Yes!

 "I'll strive to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Woohoo!

"I'll attempt to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." Right again, kemosabe!

Therefore:

"I'll try to go tonight but I'm not sure I can." 

See how much better this is? See my point? Just admit it, I'm right.

Aught Naught?

I'm tired.

Tired of calling the first decade of this century the "2000's".

Isn't the whole century the "2000's"?

"Air" "Quotes"

People use air quotes all the time. It's a great visual for communicating sarcasm and facetiousness. (One of the few big words I actually use, because it is awesome.)

Loyalty

My question for you all:

I am a loyal Dbacks fan. For some time, I loathed the Dodgers, Cubs, & Yankees. Now, I must be honest with you. I can't say that there is any team that I hate. The Dodgers have players from ASU. The Cubs have former Rays whom I have loved since '08. The Yankees are now without Joe Torre & George Steinbrenner, and I greatly respect Joe Girardi. So I find it hard to hate any team.

Things

Well I've clearly gotten WAY out of practice here. For those of you keeping score at home, it's been 2.5 months since my last post. As I've said in the past, I am consistently inconsistent. So good for me.

And So It Begins...

This is something that’s been heavy on my heart for the past few days. It has truly affected many areas of my life recently and I just have to let it all out.

I HATE Daylight Saving Time.

Consider This...

I am really frustrated right now. I am going to try to vent that frustration here without going in to any kind of specifics. I'm not sure if I will be successful at this, but what the heck. It's all I can think about right now, anyway. I promise not to cuss. At least not anymore.

Near and Dear

Tonight I want to share something with you all that is very near and dear to my heart. I have yet to mention on here, so you probably don't know this, but I am a fan. A baseball fan. A big one. And by big I mean in devotion, not is size.

Thoughts

Why am I okay with sex all over the TV and movies?
Why do I not really realize that the characters I'm watching sleep together are not married and this is not okay?