From: goldfarb@ocf.berkeley.edu   
      
   In article <1mejhnb.v7wcj56c02ruN%mbottorff@lshelby.com>,   
   Michelle Bottorff  wrote:   
   >Sometimes when I am speaking the construction "try to [verb]" I drop the   
   >"to" out of it.  It's a matter of cadence and emphasis and stuff.   
   >   
   >"Are you okay?  Is the hill too much for you?  Do you need to rest?"   
   >"I want to try make it to the next bench -- I'll rest there."   
   >   
   >or   
   >   
   >"Don't you dare try touch me you scumbag!"   
      
   I can't recall ever seeing such a construction as that, and your   
   example sentences ring *very* oddly on my ear.  You can say "and"   
   instead of "to" (cf. Fritz Leiber's story, "Try and Change the Past")   
   if you want something that is less formal and more flowing, but you   
   can't engage in complete asyndeton there.   
      
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