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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3227556, member: 27832&quot;]As I understand it, the split infinitive was <i>never</i> more than a hobgoblin of the little-minded teachers who were hung up on Latin. English is a separate language, and it has long since parted ways with... I was going to say &quot;that mother tongue&quot;, but for English, I think it&#039;s more appropriate to say &quot;that one of its many fathers&quot;. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Misplaced modifiers bug me, too, especially after decades of computer programming. In a programming language, putting a modifier in the wrong place can make your rocket suddenly point down instead of continuing to go up, and a double negative is positive, period.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;ve come to realize that English is art as well as science, and there is room for variation. That&#039;s why I can live with myself after I start a sentence, or even a paragraph, with a conjunction. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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