Urth Digest, Vol 59, Issue 24

Daniel D Jones · 30 Jul 2009, 23:05 · from 2009-July.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:05:30 -0400
Subject: (urth) Urth Digest, Vol 59, Issue 24
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On Thursday 30 July 2009 21:25:13 Robin Dunn wrote:
> Our rules are like laws, they change over time, and rules are made to
> be broken.
>
> To my mind, if a split infinitive severely hampers a sentence's
> clarity, it should be rewritten.  Otherwise it's 100% kosher.
>
> Them's my two cents.

I must disagree.  Split infinitives are something up with which I will not put.


Dan


PS:  :-)

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