Re: "Up with which I will not put" (was: RE: "and then, " or simply "then"?)

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

Michael West wrote:
>> Okay. Bad example. Let's try another one. It is grammatically incorrect
> 
>> to split infinitives. 
> 
>  
> 
> Who says so? Name ONE authority who claims this. In my entire life as a
> student of English and a professional writer-editor, I have never ONCE
> encountered a prohibition against split infinitives except as a straw-man
> argument (as in the present case). I am over sixty years old.
>


Here's a link to an essay attempting to establish the /r/e/a/l/ rules of 
English.

http://www.wilbers.com/part22.htm

I'm passing it along mostly because of the swell quote there, attributed 
to EB White:

âEnglish usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment, and 
education â sometimes itâs sheer luck, like getting across the street.â


I'm like, hooray for EB White, Michael West, and the ones who cut a 
dignified figure when crossing the metaphorical street. That's a hard 
thing to do while shaking a fist at impinging pseudo-rules. I suppose 
the dignity comes in time, given dedication and daily practice  :-)

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com


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