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The split infinitive is not grammatically incorrect. Tom Send a noteboard - 06/10/2011 02:04:34 PM
The split infinitive got a bad name when the Victorians tried to make English more like Latin and reasoned that it should be kept together, as it is all one word in Latin.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Grammar junkies Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 06:46:31 PM 1112 Views
I'm not always sure that I'm correct, but.... nossy - 05/10/2011 07:04:13 PM 807 Views
I didn't see any errors Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 07:24:27 PM 792 Views
Re: I didn't see any errors nossy - 06/10/2011 03:14:07 PM 672 Views
You mean ... Nate - 06/10/2011 03:58:32 PM 752 Views
Must ... have ... grammar. Nate - 05/10/2011 07:53:34 PM 987 Views
For you and Tom as well, the same question about question eight. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:33:39 PM 1265 Views
Tom can probably give you actual terms and correct rules, but here's my take on it. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:43:47 PM 757 Views
Er...yes I meant them as a singular idea... *NM* Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:47:34 PM 462 Views
Use them together, and only together, for fifteen years and we can discuss this again. *NM* Tom - 05/10/2011 09:32:30 PM 397 Views
That makes sense as far as it goes. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:02:42 PM 793 Views
But do you actually regard them that way? Nate - 05/10/2011 09:08:36 PM 779 Views
Yeah, pretty much. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:25:18 PM 738 Views
Re: Yeah, pretty much. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:29:33 PM 608 Views
OK then. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:59:50 PM 782 Views
No, Joel. You're just wrong. Again. Get used to it. We have. Tom - 05/10/2011 09:31:21 PM 680 Views
I can live with being wrong, at least in the sense of technical error. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:06:30 PM 781 Views
Let's just pare this down to the bare bones. Tom - 06/10/2011 01:37:30 AM 639 Views
He made a mistake that I did not recognize as a mistake because I read his words as he intended. Joel - 06/10/2011 04:43:39 AM 789 Views
You bring up a point that I was researching the other day Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:53:40 PM 831 Views
You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:00:25 PM 784 Views
You're right of course! Nate - 05/10/2011 09:13:44 PM 854 Views
I frequently am. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:16:38 PM 856 Views
So I've noticed. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:19:38 PM 770 Views
I like telling people, too. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:34:50 PM 768 Views
You can use charmap. Joel - 05/10/2011 10:21:32 PM 817 Views
Re: You guys mean a hyphen, not a dash. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:15:02 PM 722 Views
Mmm, dashing. Nate - 05/10/2011 09:02:53 PM 771 Views
Emdashing is an entirely different form of punctuation. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:07:36 PM 829 Views
Achtung! Grammatik! :insert Nazi-saluting smiley as the Wehrmacht marches by: Tom - 05/10/2011 08:10:45 PM 884 Views
I love this bit. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:26:52 PM 870 Views
Bring back the BSG! Joel - 05/10/2011 08:55:32 PM 796 Views
Re: your 2nd irritating error for question 2 Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:12:49 PM 737 Views
Good poll, especially for this site. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:11:10 PM 892 Views
Re: serial comma. Nate - 05/10/2011 08:31:58 PM 766 Views
Maybe I was being a little anal there. Joel - 05/10/2011 08:35:33 PM 742 Views
Same here Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:43:34 PM 656 Views
I think it's conventional to use a comma before "etc". Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:55:11 PM 731 Views
Re: Grammar junkies random thoughts - 05/10/2011 08:33:06 PM 785 Views
Re: Grammar junkies Dark Knight - 05/10/2011 08:49:43 PM 836 Views
People should talk in a way that can be understood, else they are not communicating. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:17:37 PM 830 Views
Re: "everyone's". ~winky~ *NM* Nate - 05/10/2011 09:22:18 PM 382 Views
Is it time for my lecture on superfluous apostrophes again? Joel - 05/10/2011 09:43:47 PM 739 Views
You mean your lecture on "superfluous" apostrophes. Rebekah - 05/10/2011 09:53:31 PM 684 Views
As have I. Multiple times. *NM* Ghavrel - 05/10/2011 09:55:08 PM 368 Views
I am not stubborn, just true to my convictions. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:56:39 PM 936 Views
Unsurprisingly, I don't really agree with you at all on this point. :p Nate - 05/10/2011 10:29:59 PM 821 Views
I do not really think I am "right" on this one so much as "not wrong." Joel - 06/10/2011 12:01:36 AM 744 Views
But contradictions are inherent in the entire English language! Nate - 06/10/2011 01:25:39 AM 741 Views
Ghoti. Also, this is why Rebekah and don't argue this any more. *NM* Ghavrel - 06/10/2011 04:44:42 AM 344 Views
Sure, but not deliberate ones created by grammarians who know better. Joel - 06/10/2011 05:40:58 AM 746 Views
I'm going to listen to the others. Nate - 06/10/2011 06:17:18 AM 754 Views
Like I say, I appreciate exceptions when justified (and again, only claiming to be "not wrong." ) Joel - 06/10/2011 07:26:18 AM 648 Views
But you are wrong Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 02:17:40 PM 779 Views
that is OK he is very good at being wrong *NM* random thoughts - 06/10/2011 03:43:23 PM 400 Views
I disagree. Joel - 07/10/2011 12:15:14 AM 722 Views
How utterly unsurprising Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 02:21:38 PM 691 Views
"We want to be nothing if not persistent." Joel - 07/10/2011 02:39:19 PM 749 Views
Doesn't matter. Sareitha Sedai - 07/10/2011 03:12:14 PM 763 Views
Perhaps not, but it should, and I am not above being a lone voice crying in the wilderness. Joel - 08/10/2011 05:17:35 PM 848 Views
What. Zeeb - 06/10/2011 06:17:41 PM 827 Views
Those cases are not the same, because those words are already possessive in their own right. Joel - 06/10/2011 10:52:06 PM 816 Views
if you have trouble understanding my post it is more likely do to typing skills than grammar random thoughts - 05/10/2011 09:31:42 PM 737 Views
Likely so; I have the same problem, but usually when writing by hand. Joel - 05/10/2011 09:53:08 PM 712 Views
You called? Rebekah - 05/10/2011 08:53:54 PM 822 Views
Grammar schmammar! Avendesora - 05/10/2011 09:01:47 PM 860 Views
Wongy tip #77 Two Wongs - 05/10/2011 11:15:12 PM 723 Views
#1) I do not use NetSpeak while playing games, texting or using social media. TaskmasterJack - 05/10/2011 11:34:12 PM 729 Views
What about NateSpeak? *NM* Nate - 06/10/2011 04:01:08 PM 356 Views
I did use that once to tell the story of you and CNRedDragon going to see Ice Princess. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 07/10/2011 01:46:50 AM 366 Views
A timeless classic. Nate - 07/10/2011 01:53:36 AM 695 Views
Re: Grammar junkies wolfsister - 06/10/2011 01:17:28 AM 745 Views
Yes. Camilla - 06/10/2011 06:53:46 AM 687 Views
I forgot about "of" for "have." Joel - 06/10/2011 07:31:11 AM 725 Views
I try ironclad - 06/10/2011 09:18:29 AM 781 Views
I freebase split infinitives on a regular basis. Stephen - 06/10/2011 01:53:36 PM 653 Views
The split infinitive is not grammatically incorrect. Tom - 06/10/2011 02:04:34 PM 717 Views
I wish more people knew this. Rebekah - 06/10/2011 07:38:46 PM 678 Views
Junky Grammar. Sareitha Sedai - 06/10/2011 04:24:01 PM 674 Views
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