Re: split infinitives

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 07:20:18PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> Coi Robin,
>
> In a fit of idle interest & work-avoidance I was browsing through
> the JFGI mail archive, & notice that your current "It Appears That
> You Are Not One Of Them" appears to be a change made in response
> to complaints about split infinitives in an earlier version like
> "You appear to not be one of them". There's nowt wrong with the
> current version, but nevertheless it strikes me that rather than
> changing the text to avoid the split infinitive, it would be
> better to leave the text unchanged and instead direct the
> complainant to fuckoffyourepulsiveignoramus.com or some such means
> of indicating to anti-split-infinitive complainers what a
> monstrous maleducated blight they, the anti-split-infinitive
> complainers, are on intelligent society.

*LOL*!  That's a great idea.  :D

I don't know if I have enough round tuits lying around to actually
*do* it, but it's a great idea.  :)

-Robin

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