I hate to be the one to point this out, but when WORDS AND SENTENCES are your life’s work, some care should be taken.
To say “to NOT identify,” as written in the article is not right. That is splitting an infinitive. “ To identify,” is an infinitive, so properly it should read “NOT to identify.”
It happens very often, as we all can see the decline of supposed wordsmiths. For this to happen to those in other professions, it is understandable, but it is inexcusable for reporters.
I apologize for taking time for something trivial, but it is just an example that particularly annoys me.
English isn't Latin. Latin infinitives are one word — impossible to split. That observation, led some pointy-headed grammarians to erroneously deduce that English infinitives should not be split either. However, English is not Latin —it's not even a Romance language. It's possible to effortlessly split English infinitives, because they're composed of two words. Therefore, feel free to boldly split infinitives, where no man has done so before.
Your comment is on point. It is not trivial. Proofreading and correct use of grammar are now lost arts, leaving significant amounts of evidence of Intellectual Laziness.