Split Infinitive
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<a href='http://ozyandmillie.org/2005/om20050713.html' target='_blank'>http://ozyandmillie.org/2005/om20050713 ... r><br><img src='http://ozyandmillie.org/2005/om20050713.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br><br>In case anybody's wondering what a split infinitive is:<br><a href='http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/s/split.htm' target='_blank'>http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/c ... lit.htm</a>
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Yeah, I looked up the definition as well, Google says:<br><br><!--QuoteBegin--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> The infinitive is the part of the verb expressed by "to," as in "to move" or "to think." A split infinitive is such an expression with a word or phrase interposed between the "to" and the verb, as in "to reluctantly move" or "to quickly think."<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>Second panel is awesome <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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<!--QuoteBegin-VisibilityMissing+Jul 13 2005, 02:48 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (VisibilityMissing @ Jul 13 2005, 02:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <i>To boldly blackmail where no one has blackmailed before . . . </i> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> heh. I think that to fully understand the joke, you have to completely know what you're on about in grammar.
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An infinitive, in English, is a combination of "to" and the neutral form of a verb. "To go" is an example of an infinitive. Therefore, a split infinitive has something to separate the two words, as in "to boldly go." Most grammarians do not allow split infinitives, but "to go boldly where no man has gone before" just doesn't have the same ring to it.<br><br>Other languages tend not to have that problem. In Spanish, for instance, <i>ir</i> is an infinitive meaning "to go."
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<!--QuoteBegin-Tom Flapwell+Jul 13 2005, 11:10 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Tom Flapwell @ Jul 13 2005, 11:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> An infinitive, in English, is a combination of "to" and the neutral form of a verb. "To go" is an example of an infinitive. Therefore, a split infinitive has something to separate the two words, as in "to boldly go." Most grammarians do not allow split infinitives, but "to go boldly where no man has gone before" just doesn't have the same ring to it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Most grammarians don't like split infinitives because in Latin it's impossible to have a split infinitive, and grammarians seem to think English should be like a language that English is *not* descended from. Makes perfect sense, eh? Grammarians have a lot of time on their hands.<br><br>This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>
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<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Jul 14 2005, 01:22 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Jul 14 2005, 01:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> <!--emo&:huh:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/huh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='huh.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br><br>Confusing. I have to read that in the morning to actually get more confused by that statement.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Jul 14 2005, 01:22 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Jul 14 2005, 01:22 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Thank you, Winston Churchill. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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