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05-24-2010, 05:00 PM
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I'm glad I remember something from college.
But "I strongly believe" isn't a split infinitive; "I was led to erroneously believe" would be a split infinitive.
A split infinitive is the seperation of "to" and the rest of the infinitive form of the verb, as in "to boldly go where no man has gone before." The grammatically "correct" construction would be "to go boldly where no man has gone before."
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Bah.
I can't even be incorrect correctly!
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05-24-2010, 05:02 PM
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I can't even be incorrect correctly!
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Oh, don't be modest. We know you were just trying to provide a teachable moment.
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Translated: Y'all is crazy
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05-24-2010, 05:13 PM
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Oh, don't be modest. We know you were just trying to provide a teachable moment. 
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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.
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05-24-2010, 05:35 PM
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Can anyone confirm for me whether or not the split infinitive is still condemned by the MLA style sheet? I brought this subject up again with the same aforementioned individual in my office; and he rests his case on what was apparently the MLA style sheet used by his English professor at Grinnell circa 1961.
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05-24-2010, 05:38 PM
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Couldn't find anything but one site that stated that the MLA Writer's handbook didn't mention split infinitives as of 2006.
Looks like most style guides have dropped it though. I only own the APA book and it's the last edition.
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One thing I love about texting and chatting online is that you can tell if someone has proper grammar and spelling. I think I have a crush partially due to the fact that this guy can spell "rehearsal" and says "anyway" instead of "anyways." 
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Of course, if you call out the other person's poor grammar and spelling, they drag out the typical "this isn't a term paper" defense. I guarantee that 8 out of 10 of these people actually suck in the writing department.
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This is why I'm marrying a journalist. He shares my love of good grammar and punctuation. And he knows AP Style. :-)
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Have you seen the Fake AP Stylebook? I get the t_witter updates. They're very silly.
I actually don't mind the label "Grammar Police," because I don't consider adherence to proper speech and writing guidelines to be a character flaw.
If you want to have fun with poor grammar and spelling, read some fan-fiction. It's often deliciously horrible.
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05-24-2010, 06:36 PM
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Of course, if you call out the other person's poor grammar and spelling, they drag out the typical "this isn't a term paper" defense. I guarantee that 8 out of 10 of these people actually suck in the writing department.
Have you seen the Fake AP Stylebook? I get the t_witter updates. They're very silly.
I actually don't mind the label "Grammar Police," because I don't consider adherence to proper speech and writing guidelines to be a character flaw.
If you want to have fun with poor grammar and spelling, read some fan-fiction. It's often deliciously horrible.
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<fan-fic hijack>
Be careful, if you end up in the slash fics or other distrubing adult ones you'll need to scrub your brain with steel wool and bleach just to get the images out of your head. Topless Robot does a weekly worst fanfic that is primarily very, very bad porn. Rule 34 is out in force.
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This may sound weird, but one of my friends has been trying for the longest time to speak less "urban" and more proper (or as some may say: "talk less black").
There are only two things that bother me about his speech, though. Otherwise, it's fine.
First off, he likes to add "me" in randomly.
ex. "I'm going to get me a new shirt."
Also, he says "mines" instead of "mine." I don't blame him, though, because when I lived in the same area as him when I was younger, I was never taught that "mines" was not a word either.
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05-24-2010, 08:09 PM
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Apostrophes do not make words plural. Apostrophes do not need to precede the letter s when it happens to be at the end of a word.
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I corrected this on a sign at a convenience store the other day. I just couldn't take it any more.
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05-24-2010, 08:12 PM
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Of course, if you call out the other person's poor grammar and spelling, they drag out the typical "this isn't a term paper" defense. I guarantee that 8 out of 10 of these people actually suck in the writing department.
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Oh, I know. I was thinking of it in a more positive way, not like I was looking for errors. Oh, I love a man who can spell "definitely" the right way!
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Also, he says "mines" instead of "mine." I don't blame him, though, because when I lived in the same area as him when I was younger, I was never taught that "mines" was not a word either.
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Is it funny that I've never heard someone say "mines"? It must be a regional thing. Is it just like, "Those shoes are mines?" I can't even wrap my brain around that.
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<fan-fic hijack>
Be careful, if you end up in the slash fics or other distrubing adult ones you'll need to scrub your brain with steel wool and bleach just to get the images out of your head. Topless Robot does a weekly worst fanfic that is primarily very, very bad porn. Rule 34 is out in force.
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Oh, these were specific pieces recommended to me. I don't read them otherwise, just to snark on specific works of "art".
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05-24-2010, 09:00 PM
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Oh, these were specific pieces recommended to me. I don't read them otherwise, just to snark on specific works of "art". 
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pretty much same here, but oh the internet has scary things in it *shudder*
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I corrected this on a sign at a convenience store the other day. I just couldn't take it any more.
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