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Re: Prepositions and Infinitives
Posted By: Darien, on host 140.186.100.121
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 1999, at 15:37:51
In Reply To: Re: Prepositions and Infinitives posted by Issachar on Tuesday, July 27, 1999, at 06:48:59:

> > Personally, I never gave split infinitives any thought at all until only a few years ago. When I developed an ear for recognizing them, something clicked inside of me, and now whenever I hear or, more often, read one, I cringe. Split infinitives are just...ugly. There's something very unappealing about them.
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> ...Although an exception must be made for: "To *boldly* go where no one has gone before." :-)

Heh. "Boldly to go where no one has gone before" ... "To go boldly where no one has gone before" ... "To boldface what no one" ... yeah, I think you might be right.

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