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We should all fight about split infinitives again
Posted By: Dave, on host 12.235.229.53
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2002, at 18:43:28

Because look, here's somebody who agrees with me that it's silly to avoid splitting an infinitive when the alternative is clunky and dumb sounding.

But seriously, here's a list of common "non-errors" found in English. Some of them I know will be set a lot of our resident grammar-nazis on edge. But the ones that surprise me the most are the ones I never even supposed *were* errors. Such as "Lend vs Loan" and "Hopefully".

Also, who ever thought the phrase was "spit and image" anyway? Not that either way makes any sense at all, but...

-- Dave


Link: Non-Errors

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