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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Oh, don't be modest. We know you were just trying to provide a teachable moment.  |
Every mistake I make is just an attempt to help someone else learn!
And you the point with Latin and the split infinitives (as well as the Romance languages and apparently German) is that you cannot split infinitives because they are only one word. So 'people' decided that you shouldn't split them in English because it's impossible in Latin.
I'm sure this seemed like a good idea to someone... somehow.