Blogs about: Split Infinitives
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iWork Pages
Chapters 4 through 7 were composed in iWork Pages, and (to be honest) it was not an entirely pleasent experiance. Using MS Word as my baseline, I really didn’t find myself loving the layout of t… more →
Charlie's Cafe
Infinitives.
wrote 1 month ago: Bacon burgers and tea with milk by Annie Wei-Yu Kan You know what an infinitive is, right? So many p … more →
Sticklers: Gotta split | The Economist
wrote 1 month ago: To follow the style guide or not? A piece on split infinitives. The split infinitive goes back in En … more →
Grammar Police!
wrote 3 months ago: Wherever appropriate, correct grammar and syntax should be incorporated into advertising and copywri … more →
The "split infinitive syndrome"
wrote 3 months ago: The quotation in this title is from an article by David Crystal on the split infinitive which appear … more →
To Split or to Not Split Infinitives
wrote 3 months ago: I have heard the rule that it is not acceptable to split an infinitive. I should write, “to ac … more →
Me-me-me Memoirs
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wrote 3 months ago: Most of you reading this will already know that St. Martin’s Press is releasing The Little Boo … more →
To actually write well...
wrote 4 months ago: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not split your infinitives. As a copy/content editor for my school’s n … more →
Spamicide - Like Spermicide, Only Not
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wrote 4 months ago: It seems to be quite popular in blogland to share the spam comments that you receive on your blog. I … more →
TO NOT SPLIT INFINITIVES
wrote 4 months ago: Even if you buy the sales pitch for language being descriptive rather than prescriptive, splitting i … more →
Replies to “Lies”
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wrote 6 months ago: My recent post, “Lies Your English Teacher Told You,” received an overwhelming response, triggering … more →
some grammar "rules" to avoid
wrote 6 months ago: 1. Never split an infinitive. This is one of those rules which have been relegated to the rub … more →
"mending split infinitives..."
wrote 7 months ago: “It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snippin … more →
Lies Your English Teacher Told You
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wrote 7 months ago: As a college English instructor, I continually have to remove writing myths from my students’ brains … more →
To infinitive and beyond!
wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday I had to give you some rules, so today let’s get rid of one. That’s right, I … more →
Attitudes to usage
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wrote 8 months ago: A little while ago, a survey was held among alumni of the English department of the University of Le … more →
7 Things Your English Teacher Lied to You About
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wrote 10 months ago: We’re going to take a tiny hiatus from me haranguing you all about hyphens to talk about a few gramm … more →
To boldly go
wrote 11 months ago: To split or not to split? The split infinitive remains a point of contention for writers. An infini … more →
It ain’t necessarily so
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wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a difficult dichotomy: sometimes grammatical errors make your writing better. And by “better, … more →
Remember to never split an infinitive.
wrote 1 year ago: Henry Fowler divided people in to 5 groups regarding the split infinative: (1) those who neither kno … more →
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