[Gllug] There are no regular verbs in English (seriously OT!!)

[Bruce Richardson]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 11:10:32PM +0100, Doug wrote:
> On Thu 19 Jun Gordon Joly wrote:
> > The "To boldly go..." debate (split infinitive) is an example of a
> > rule from a dead language (Latiin) being applied to living, breathing,
> > English by pseudo-academics, innit?
> 
> No it's not.  IIRC infinitives in latin cannot be split, since they are
> a single word, so how can it be a rule from Latin?

That's the point.  Some scholars said you shouldn't split an English
infinitive because it should be a unit like the Latin one.

-- 
Bruce

Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards, apart from
ostriches if you punch them hard enough.
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