Minggu, 24 Juni 2012

Conjunction Verb and Verb Expressions

VERB + AND + VERB AND  or INFINITIVE
These are commonly used verb pairs. Informal American English usage may drop and with come and go.  Other verb tenses may be used with these verbs. These verbs are commonly paired with a second verb and are joined with either and or to (infinitive).  They occur only with the base form of the verb. Other verb tenses are not used.
Come and see what I did.  Come see…  – informal Try and do your work well.   (Try to do…)
Go and get your shoes.  Go get… – informal Wait and see what happens.  (Wait to see…)
Hurry up and open the door.  We hurried and opened… / We hurried to open… Be sure and do it correctly.  (Be sure to do…)
Stay and have another drink. We stayed and had … (Other verb forms may be used.) *We were sure and did it correctly.  (Use the base form of these verb pairs.)

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