[Gllug] Schoolboy Grammar

[Nix]

On 29 Mar 2012, nix at esperi.org.uk said:
> In any case, the languages to which it truly applies (e.g. Latin) don't
> need it, because splitting an infinitive is impossible there. It's only
> possible in English because 'to' is a separate word (not in fact part of
> the verb at all, but a marker attached to the verb's infinite form, so
> the rule is doubly ridiculous).

s/infinite/infinitive/

(I shall not post when feverish) x 10

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