And he tells us why so many of the tut-tutting grammar “rules” that we all think we’re supposed to follow—don’t split infinitives ... it comes to correct English, there’s no one ...

A Short Introduction to English Grammar; while Henry Alford, a dean of Canterbury Cathedral, was principally responsible for the infinitive taboo, with his publication of A Plea for the Queen’s ...

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When you first learn the rules for English grammar in elementary school ... 1. DON’T SPLIT INFINITIVES. The rule says nothing should come between the to and its verb in the infinitive, which ...

Have you ever had a preening pedant correct you when you split an infinitive? Has a self-righteous ... mutilating an English language that was once so revered—about how the day is nigh when ...

Grammar freaks often freak out about ... which doesn’t allow for split infinitives. But English is different—take, for example, “Uncle John decided to gradually get rid of the beer ...