Date:  Wed, 14 Feb 1996 20:52:58 EST

From:  David Bergdahl <BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU>

Subject: Re: split infinitive



From:  NAME: David Bergdahl

    FUNC: English

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Devotees of the split infinitive rule should read an old College English article

by Peter M. Neely, "To Split or to Not Split" vol 40 #4 (Dec '78), 402-406. In

the article Neely takes the rule and generalizes to "[a] verb should be

generated in its entirety, whether it be an infinitive or any other compound"

(403)--and what fun things result, illuminating the illustrious rule. Heartily

recommended.



BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

        David Bergdahl

            Ohio University/Athens

        "Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"--Anya Briggs