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This shit ain't Latin. English splits infinitives.
How would you split an infinitive in latin?
That... no... but...
The argument that "you can't split infinitives", as I've heard it, is because you can't split infinitives in Latin (since the "to" is a part of the verb itself). This might be fallacious (a straw man) according to Wikipedia, but I'm fine with that. People split infinitives and I've never seen a strong argument as to why that's wrong.
That's my understanding, too. It's a fact I was exploiting in a kind of underhanded way for humor. I like the clarity of not splitting infinitives, but I agree that it and a lot of other grammer suggestions don't really matter as long as good communication occurs. Anything more than that will probably be defined by far more specific conventions in whatever professional specialty applies. Thanks for having fun with me on the internet.
Was this supposed to be fun?
Aren't grammar and etymology always fun?
I don’t know. I didn’t read any of it. I was just trying to be encouraging.
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