> > I don't think that "try and (do something)" qualifies as an instance of hendiadys.
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> It does; this was specifically given as an example in the sources I've seen the word defined. Honestly, I don't see the difference between your examples and this one. "Try and do something" is a conjunction, and it's used in place of the subordination of "do something" to "try."

Ah, then I sit corrected.

As for the differences between these three examples, well, the longer I think about it the fainter the differences appear. So I retract my objection to "try and do something", which is a full-blooded hendiadys boy after all.

Interesting etymological aside: Sam hasn't mentioned it yet, but according to the dictionary "hendiadys" comes from Greek words that translate literally to "one through two" -- two "peer" words forming one construct.

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