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I might be wrong, but I don't think any of these 3 "rules" are formal rules of grammar. They're guidelines to be followed most of the time but broken when appro
by banned_man 18y ago
I might be wrong, but I don't think any of these 3 "rules" are formal rules of grammar. They're guidelines to be followed most of the time but broken when appropriate. The split-infinitive snobbery comes from Latin, in which infinitives are one word and can't be split, but it doesn't make sense for English (although infinitives should be split rarely).
- jpwagner 18y agoThese are rules as much as many others are. You won't go to jail or be a literary outcast, so you're right, like ALL grammar rules, you can break them. That's why the critique of S&W the other day didn't make any sense. S&W is a book on style.