Karen Reddick, The Editor’s Blog

One of my faithful readers, Mariam Williams from Kentucky, wrote in: For years, I only heard it, but now I’m seeing “try and” instead of “try to” in many articles in print. For example, I saw the following sentence from a recent article:
“Try and make the career change transition a smooth one.”
Mariam wanted to know [...]

Here is a quote (or is it a quotation) from Ralph Waldo Emerson …
Yes, there is a difference between these two words. Quote is typically a verb. Although, some dictionaries and language experts state that quote as a noun is interchangeable with quotation.
You be the judge, but I’ll stick to the more acceptable, stricter [...]