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To: Jay who wrote (1578)	10/28/1998 8:29:00 AM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4711

I'm hugely crushed. I, for one, won't be frequently dining with those who choose to often split their infinitives at the dinner table.

To: Jay who wrote (1578)	11/6/1998 4:13:00 AM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4711

Tut, tut, gentlemen -- it was ALWAYS o.k. to split infinitives. I quote the fastidious Fowler (the original Fowler), from The King"s English, published 1906: "The 'split' infinitive has taken such hold on the consciences of journalists that, instead of warning the novice against splitting his infinitives, we must warn him against the curious superstition that splitting or not splitting makes the difference between a good and a bad writer....Even that mysterious quality, 'distinction' of style, may in modest measure be attained by the splitter of infinitives." And when necessary, Fowler split his own. jbe