RE: "Up with which I will not put" (was: RE: "and then, " or simply "then"?)

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

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> Subject: RE: "Up with which I will not put" (was: RE: "and 
> then," or simply "then"?)
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> Okay. Bad example. Let's try another one. It is grammatically 
> incorrect to split infinitives. 

Oh, yeah? It's no more incorrect than splitting any other verb, as in:

- may always have walked (would you be caught dead saying or writing "may
have walked always"?)
- would not necessarily have begun
- might have reluctantly ordered
- will be oppositely attracted


Bonnie Granat
http://www.GranatEdit.com


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