The Official Grammar and Style Still Matter on the Internet Thread

[Drolefille]

The rule against split infinitives goes back to those who wanted us to speak English like Latin. As English is not Latin, it is a silly, silly rule.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

The rule against split infinitives goes back to those who wanted us to speak English like Latin. As English is not Latin, it is a silly, silly rule.

Well English is heavily influenced by Latin via Romance languages, especially French. Though I wonder does German have the rule against split infinitives?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Though I wonder does German have the rule against split infinitives?

Oh good grief, no.

Harkening back to college German -- someone slap my wrist if I'm remembering completely incorrectly: In German, the infinitive only consists to one word. For example, machen = to make. But, some verbs have prefixes that are seperated from the verb in finite forms. For example, anfangen = to begin; but "Let's begin" is "Fangen wir an." (Literally, it would translate something like "start we out.")

Back to the thread: "Myself" is a reflexive pronoun, appropriate as an object of a verb when the subject of the verb is "I," as in "I wrote that myself."

"Myself" is not a substitute for "me," as in "The pledge class consisted of Damien, Lucifer and myself." Use of "myself" in this fashion does not, as some seem to think, make the writer sound more educated.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

The rule against split infinitives goes back to those who wanted us to speak English like Latin. As English is not Latin, it is a silly, silly rule.

I agree with this so much.