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Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net) Sat Dec 3 13:06:12 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: 41 week Induction" Previous message: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive" Next in thread: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Padilla" Reply: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Padilla" I got a reply from my daughter - split infinitives do not bother her - ergo-- What me worry? :) Ef >At Sat, 3 Dec 2005, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >In a message dated 12/3/05 12:39:55 PM, DoctorJoe@aol.com writes: > >> I found these links quite instructive... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive >> >And if you read further down the page: > >Descriptively speaking, split infinitives are common in most varieties of >English. However, their status as part of the standard language is controversial. >In the 19th century, some grammatical authorities sought to introduce a >prescriptive rule that split infinitives should not be used in English. Most >authorities from the last 100 years, however, agree that this rule was misguided, >and indeed that the split infinitive construction can sometimes reduce >ambiguity. > >So to universally condemn (or to condemn universally, or universally condemn) >split infinitives is not mainstream, it seems. > >Joe P. -- Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz ~walt whitman~ Next message: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: 41 week Induction" Previous message: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive" In reply to: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive" Next in thread: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Padilla" Reply: zygote@icsi.net: "Re: Padilla"

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