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try and
   Although no longer resisted as strenuously as it once was, try and is still widely regarded as colloquial by many authorities and thus is better avoided in serious writing. "The Monopolies Commission will look closely at retailing mergers to try and prevent any lessening of competition" (Sunday Times). Make it "try to prevent."

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