<p>I have been confused by people using two infinitives together. Example:</p>
<p>I was going to try AND figure out that math problem
vs
I was going to try TO figure out that math problem</p>
<p>I always thought it was the second way but have noticed more and more the first being used... any help from the grammar gurus?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure it's correct to say "try to-" as opposed to "try and-."</p>
<p>"And" connects two clauses to form one sentence. If you say, "I'm going to try and wake my brother up," you're essentially saying you're going to try, and you're going to wake your brother up. So I'm pretty sure that "try to-" is correct.</p>
<p>well, a good Christmas gift for this year would be Strunk and White.</p>
<p>I don't pay much attention to when I type incorrectly, and I have probably made every single one of those errors at some time along the way. Come on people, loosen up</p>
<p>irregardless</a> is definitely a word, it just doesn't have much respect... (but don't listen to me...i think conversate should be a word)</p>
<p>oh, and for the "woopcha" noise, I do it more as a "whupshhh", accompanied by the flicking-of-the-wrist hand motion of course :)</p>
<p>I personally think typing in a forum or in IM is just as important as speaking. </p>
<p>Of course, that could just be my anal-retentiveness rearing its ugly head.</p>
<p>haha, i'm very un-anal (just look at the floor of my room) but for god's sake, when pop culture in all it's incarnations prompts you to spell "ludacris" on your english paper, something is very, very wrong. i indulge shamelessly in forum/IM junk like any other technology slave-monkey these days but cannot stand when regular, everyday words are distorted into "influencial," "definately," and the others mentioned here, because they have influence on your brain- oh do they have influence. and yes, i know that was a horribly constructed sentence. happy spelling!</p>
<p>unless i'm doing something formal, as long as it's not completely wack, i could care less about the occaisonally (is that even spelled right?) mispelled word</p>
<p>occasionally. I think. </p>
<p>yeah. my room's a mess, and I am I...but damn in, that "definitely" is going to be spelled right!</p>
<p>it's one of those words I say or hear but when it comes to spelling I'm stuck.</p>