Am 11.04.2011 01:51, schrieb dsimcha: > On 4/10/2011 7:29 PM, Don wrote: >> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>> On 04/09/2011 09:27 PM, dsimcha wrote: >>>> On 4/9/2011 10:22 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>>>> On 04/09/2011 08:31 PM, dsimcha wrote: >>>>>> On 4/9/2011 7:56 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>>>>>> I think the article's title is missing a comma btw. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andrei >>>>>> >>>>>> Where? >>>>> >>>>> Where could it ever be? After "parallelism". >>>>> >>>>> Andrei >>>> >>>> Actually, I specifically remember learning about this grammar rule in >>>> middle school. When listing stuff, the comma before the "and" is >>>> optional. Putting it and not putting it are both correct. >>> >>> I see. I go by "Bugs in Writing" (awesome book) >> >> Ugh. I have a profound hatred for that book. Rule of thumb: if any style >> guide warns agains split infinitives, burn it. >> > > Another of my memories from my middle school education. I specifically > remember being told not to use split infinitives. Then, a few weeks > later we were watching the daily news video that was part of the middle > school curriculum at the time and it was mentioned that the Oxford > dictionary had voted to consider split infinitives proper grammar. (This > was in either late 1998 or early 1999.) All this happened with the > teacher in the room watching.
"Those that can't do, teach" (And those that can't teach become lawyers and sue the pants off everyone else to make up for it)[1] ;-) [1] http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/040605.html