--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> 
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> 
> wrote:
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > Really, the mentality of those who consider them-
> > > > > > selves the moral mind police of the world is mind-
> > > > > > blowing sometimes.
> > > > > 
> > > > > But it's not at all mind-blowing when someone whose
> > > > > modus operandi (operandum?) is
> > > > 
> > > > modus is subjective case. Operandi is genative: Operation's 
> method.
> > > 
> > > Thank you.  ;-)  Never took Latin; wish I had.
> > >
> > 
> > It's the only way to understand our psuedo-grammer.
> > 
> > Split infinities are forbidden in English because they're
> > impossible in Latin and our grammer is based on Latin, not Old 
> German or whatever.
> > 
> > This explains a lot, doesn't it?
> 
> I'm not sure split infinities are possible in *any*
> language.  I mean, when you split an infinity, don't
> you just get two infinities?
>

Doh. I meant split infinitive. And not necessarily: you can have "1" and "all 
the rest" --
that's only one infinite set there.









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