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- From: David Johnston <davidj@daveland.demon.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: Split Infinitive in System!
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 22:59:16 GMT
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- In article <725437806.AA00941@contrast.wlink.nl> Peter Kocourek,
- qsi@contrast.wlink.nl writes:
- >Playing with ResEdit and my System file, I managed to trash it; upon
- >re-installing the "Ask before emptying" dialog of the trash can was
- enabled
- >again, and to my horror I discovered that it contains a split infinitive
- >"...to permanently remove..."
- >
- >Am I just a sole lunatic in a wasteland of solecisms who notices this?
- >
- >(Sorry, I had to get this off my chest. :-))
-
- I'm afraid phobias about split infinitives are not allowed on the
- grounds that they were artificially imported from classical
- languages. If I could be bothered, I'd check with my mother who
- has a degree in these things but I can't so there.
-
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- David Johnston: davidj@daveland.demon.co.uk
- Cambridge, UK
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