Principal Objections To The Split Infinitive
Objections to the split infinitive fall into three categories, of which only the first is accorded any credence by linguists.
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Famous quotes containing the words principal, objections and/or split:
“I cannot believe that our factory system is the best mode by which men may get clothing. The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or observed, the principal object is, not that mankind may be well and honestly clad, but, unquestionably, that the corporations may be enriched.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Miss Western: Tell me, child, what objections can you have to the young gentleman?
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Miss Western: Well, I have known many couples who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable, genteel lives.”
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“Politics is, as it were, the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political parties are its two opposite halves,—sometimes split into quarters, it may be, which grind on each other.”
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