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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!olivea!apple!goofy!kip2-26.apple.com!user
  2. From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
  4. Subject: Re: Split Infinitive in System!
  5. Message-ID: <casseres-281292161938@kip2-26.apple.com>
  6. Date: 29 Dec 92 00:15:48 GMT
  7. References: <725437806.AA00941@contrast.wlink.nl> <1992Dec28.175514.9616@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
  8. Sender: usenet@goofy.apple.COM
  9. Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.system
  10. Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
  11. Lines: 19
  12.  
  13. In article <1992Dec28.175514.9616@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>,
  14. Richard.A.Damon.III@dartmouth.edu (Rick Damon) wrote:
  15. > 
  16. > And I thought I was the only one bothered by this!
  17. > 
  18. > Thanks for the posting.  Although many may say it doesn't matter, they
  19. > are wrong.
  20.  
  21. Well, I guess that settles that!
  22.  
  23. ... except, of course, it doesn't.  Much as I hate to appeal to Authority,
  24. the best advice about split infinitives is to be found in Fowler's
  25. Dictionary of English Usage, from Oxford University Press.  If you really
  26. care about things like this, you owe it to yourself to get this book.
  27.  
  28. --
  29.  
  30. David Casseres
  31. Exclaimer: Wow!
  32.