Another Grammar Lesson for an Errantist (fwd)

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At 02:14 PM 1/20/98 -0600, Phipps, John wrote:

>RICHARD:

>I hope Farrell realises [sic] that many of are waiting for him to

>carelessly split an infinitive. To publicly highlight such a grammatical

>atrocity to the list will be a joy indeed. But to earnestly wait for

>such a faux pas from Farrell will probably resemble those who earnestly

>await the second coming of their boy-god.

>

>PHIPPS

>I've been on this list for something almost a year now, and I just want

>to say that I've seen Farrell corrected several times ( even did it

>myself once ) and he has always seemed gracious in accepting people's

>observations.  He doesn't claim to be perfect.  You must admit,

>considering how many people scrutinize his postings, he makes remarkably

>few typos.

>


TILL
I think Richard sent his reply with humorous intent by purposely splitting
infinitives throughout his posting as he expressed hope that I would someday
split an infinitive.

RJV 1/20
Dare I ask what the rules are concerning infinitives?  I'm not even sure
what one is, so I'm pretty sure I must be splitting them....

Death to fuzzy studies! ;)

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Med Student, August 1997, University of South Alabama

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