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Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive From: Zachariah Newton (zbnewton@bellsouth.net) Sat Dec 3 15:48:42 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive**wikipedia" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 41 week Induction" Having no idea of the rules, but, intuitively, such application of a hyphen would violate the rules for use of hyphen. Or, as Greenspan might say, a conundrum. Now, as you know, a distinguishing characteristic of ob/gyns is that they scrupulously follow rules. Has not that been your experience? zbn -- > ----- Original Message ----- From: DoctorJoe@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:08 PM Subject: Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive In a message dated 12/3/05 10:34:03 AM, eramirezt@coqui.net writes: We don't have that problem in Spanish - infinitive is one word - "facturar" for "to bill" - "no facturar" - "not to bill" I think the split infinitive question we've been following would more reasonably be analogized to something like German. I always liked to rationalize the split infinitive criticism by making the verb complex. For example, "to boldly go" is allegedly correctly stated as "to go boldly" or "boldly to go." However, if you "define" the verb as "boldly-go" (sticking the hyphen in for demonstration purposes), then "to boldly-go" is the infinitive, different from the infinitive "to go" modified by the adverb "boldly." Hope that makes sense (i.e. the Parkinsons and Alzheimers isn't setting in yet, all you smart peeps). Joe P. Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: Error Condition --> split infinitive**wikipedia" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: 41 week Induction"

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