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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

To go boldly just doesn’t sound as good.


57 posted on 01/29/2024 4:54:28 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: HYPOCRACY
The English speaking world may be divided into
(1) those who neither know nor care what a split infinitive is;
(2) those who do not know, but care very much;
(3) those who know and condemn;
(4) those who know and approve; and
(5) those who know and distinguish.

Those who neither know nor care are the vast majority and are a happy folk, to be envied by most of the minority classes. - H. W. Fowler, Modern English Usage (1926)

58 posted on 01/29/2024 4:59:24 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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