Richie Hindle wrote: > [Steve] > >>and yes, I split that infinitive just to >>annoy any pedants who may be reading > > > [Steven] > >>*Real* pedants will know that English is not Latin, does not follow the >>grammatical rules of Latin, and that just because split infinitives are >>impossible -- not forbidden, impossible -- in Latin is no reason to forbid >>them in English. > > > Your previous post to this thread was chock-full of split nominatives: "The > Hollywood voice", "the specific regional accent", "the English-speaking > world", "the original French". And you call yourself a grammarian. > I am presuming this post was meant to be a joke? No smileys, though, so you force us to make up our own minds.
Or is "the green tomato" also unacceptable? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list