| 41. | In fact, though, the split infinitive has never been universally condemned; it wasn't even noticed, let alone named, till the 19th century.
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| 42. | I was looking at split infinitive and noticed a " ?" in " The American Heritage?Book of English Usage ".
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| 43. | And the fact that split infinitives first appeared after the Norman conquest doesn't prove that French had anything to do with it.
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| 44. | (By the way, as for the question about the adjective, I do not particularly see why split infinitives are such a crime.
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| 45. | I think it's finally high time for the English language to [ boldly and finally ] acknowledge the legitimacy of split infinitives.
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| 46. | :The semiotician in me suspects so much type has been devoted to the split infinitive because it has a cool, easily remembered name.
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| 47. | Like parents who think sex ed . will make their kids promiscuous, they would rather nobody knew the secret history of split infinitives.
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| 48. | The split infinitive " to boldly go " has also been the subject of jokes by those who insist this is grammatically incorrect.
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| 49. | Like the " rule " banning split infinitives, it neither reflected actual usage nor inspired better usage : It just sat there generating controversy.
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| 50. | My own view is fairly conservative; I do not usually split infinitives, unless it would be patently artificial or mannered not to do so.
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