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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Rearranging adverbs #112014 09/13/2003 11:43 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Apparently there are some people in the US (I first heard of this in a US publication and have never noticed it in printed material from elsewhere) who are so terrified of splitting an infinitive that they refuse to countenance any extraneous material dividing the verb phrase. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Rearranging adverbs JohnHawaii 09/13/2003 11:34 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs maverick 09/13/2003 11:40 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs Bingley 09/13/2003 11:43 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs tsuwm 09/14/2003 12:10 AM Re: Rearranging adverbs Jackie 09/14/2003 1:08 AM Re: Rearranging adverbs Capfka 09/15/2003 12:36 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs AnnaStrophic 09/14/2003 2:43 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs belMarduk 09/14/2003 7:25 PM Re: Rearranging adverbs JohnHawaii 09/16/2003 1:25 AM Re: Rearranging adverbs Jackie 09/16/2003 2:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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