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Subject:Re: What should one do with split infinitives? From:Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:03:15 -0400
Depends on the audience and if there are localization needs.
On 4/14/05, Rahul Prabhakar <prabhakar -dot- rahul -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
> What should one do with split infinitives that is an infinitive with
> an adverb between 'to' and the verb (for instance, 'to properly
> interpret')? Do we let them be during sentence construction or modify
> the sentence?
>
> Picture this, "Provide the definitions of all terms, acronyms, and
> abbreviations required *to properly interpret* the SRS."
>
> What needs to be done?
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