[ index ]

Split Infinitives: It's Just Fine to Boldly Go

If it sounds good to split, go ahead and do it.

George Bernard Shaw once complained to The Times of London about an overzealous editor with a wooden ear: "There is a pedant on your staff who spends far too much of his time searching for split infinitives. Every good literary craftsman uses a split infinitive if he thinks the sense demands it. I call for this man's instant dismissal; it matters not whether he decides to quickly go or to go quickly or quickly to go. Go he must, and at once."

2003-08-12 14:16:13
FREE CONTENT: The articles published here are available for public use on websites that abide by the current Google AdSense publishing policies with the provision that a visible and unfettered link back to the original article here must be included immediately following the republished material.

©2009 Echo3 Online Services, LLC