August 13, 2007
Split Infinitives are OK
If you didn't know, today is the anniversary of the day in 1998 that the Oxford English Dictionary publishers sanctioned split infinitives (and thus it became grammatically correct to say "to boldly go where no man has gone before"). Yea for Star Trek and the OED!
Posted by John on August 13, 2007 02:01 PM | Posted to Literature and LanguageShare:
To legally sanction split infinitives seems a bit preposterous...
Posted by: funke on August 13, 2007 02:11 PMWell, at least students everywhere are breathing a little bit easier, since grammar makes no sense anyway, the system being based in Latin (rather than English) as it is.
(this from a former grammar teacher)
Posted by: John on August 13, 2007 02:53 PMI just wanted to use a split infinitive in my comments, now that it's "legal" to do so. :)
Posted by: funke on August 13, 2007 10:35 PMShows you how much people even notice split infinitives anymore. I didn't notice!
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