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Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English.

Posted By: LaZorra, on host 66.82.9.63
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006, at 23:39:34
In Reply To: Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. posted by Howard on Friday, February 10, 2006, at 17:36:32:

> > Anyone who has a problem with split infinitives has not really studied English grammar beyond grade school.

I think it depends on how split the infinitive is. A word or two is readable; a phrase is not.

> And as I have said before, it's OK to begin and end a sentence with "and."
>

How might one end a sentence with "and"?

La"my own pet peeve is folks who use 'there's' with a plural noun"Zorra

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Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - Josh - Fri, 2/10/2006, 23:59:32
- Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - gremlinn - Sat, 2/11/2006, 03:51:55
  - Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - wintermute - Sat, 2/11/2006, 04:41:30
    - Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - Darien - Sat, 2/11/2006, 06:09:24
      - Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - Howard - Sat, 2/11/2006, 09:46:17
        
        Re: Barbie! No, really. And some English. - H - Sat, 2/11/2006, 09:48:15

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