Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:33:15 +0100 From: dev.null@funbox.demon.co.uk (do not reply to this address) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDCon East Message-ID: <38F442DB.2FB8@funbox.demon.co.uk>
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I believe that the latest edition of the OED allows split infinitives, but (with luck :) I may be wrong... > In general, split infinitives are easier to understand, if > only because the adverb is directly adjacent to the verb it modifies, > and it is in the ordinary English position for modifiers: before. "To > boldly go" is clearer and even scans better than "Boldly to go" or "To > go boldly". Fowler would agree. *Does* Fowler agree? Me, I doubt it! -- Tim Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please reply to: t i m . 6 3 4 @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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