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To: Mrs. Don-o

Split infinitives are like split ends: no matter what the ads say, nothing repairs them. All you can do is cut them off.

In many languages, the infinitive form is a single word, so asplit it is unable to be.


49 posted on 08/11/2011 9:49:05 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Do you know why I love reptiles? It's because they don't play guitars.)
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To: Tax-chick
How about a split and stuffed infinitive, what is what any appetizing infinitive wants to really and truly, without any silly non-fat or low-carbohydrate nonsense, be?
53 posted on 08/11/2011 10:48:33 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite." - - Don't applaud. ....Just throw money)
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