VERB + AND + VERB | AND or INFINITIVE |
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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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