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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Splitting infinitives #3619 06/24/2000 4:19 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta I'm at work now and the book's at home so I can't give the precise reference, but David Crystal's Encyclopaedia of the English Language has a hilarious skit from Punch on the subject of split infinitives. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Splitting infinitives Verbist 06/23/2000 6:21 PM Re: Splitting infinitives ammelah 06/23/2000 6:43 PM Re: Splitting infinitives AnnaStrophic 06/23/2000 6:48 PM Re: Splitting infinitives AnnaStrophic 06/23/2000 6:50 PM Re: Splitting infinitives ammelah 06/23/2000 7:10 PM Re: Splitting infinitives tsuwm 06/23/2000 8:58 PM Re: Splitting infinitives Verbist 06/24/2000 12:22 AM Re: Splitting infinitives Bingley 06/24/2000 4:19 AM Re: Splitting infinitives Bingley 06/24/2000 1:30 PM Re: Splitting infinitives paulb 06/24/2000 12:29 PM Re: Splitting infinitives patatty 06/27/2000 7:43 PM Re: Splitting infinitives Bingley 06/28/2000 4:33 AM Re: Splitting infinitives paulb 06/28/2000 12:01 PM Re: Splitting infinitives jmh 06/28/2000 8:52 PM Re: Splitting infinitives Bridget 06/29/2000 9:50 AM Re: Splitting infinitives tsuwm 06/29/2000 6:02 PM Re: Splitting infinitives Jackie 06/28/2000 1:15 PM 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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