Message Forum: Re: Grammar Stuffs

Re: Grammar Stuffs

Posted By: Howard, on host 65.6.48.86
Date: Monday, February 13, 2006, at 15:43:27
In Reply To: Re: Grammar Stuffs posted by Darien on Monday, February 13, 2006, at 14:16:20:

> > I go back to the most famous split infinitive in American English: "To boldly go where no man has gone before." Would you have had Kirk say "To go boldly where no man has gone before" or "Boldly to go where no man has gone before"?
>
OK, I like "to go boldly" best, but I admit that I had never noticed the split infinitive.

Shouldn't MacArthur have said "I will return?"
Howard

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Message:	> > > I go back to the most famous split infinitive in American English: "To boldly go where no man has gone before." Would you have had Kirk say "To go boldly where no man has gone before" or "Boldly to go where no man has gone before"? > > > OK, I like "to go boldly" best, but I admit that I had never noticed the split infinitive. > > Shouldn't MacArthur have said "I will return?" > Howard
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