Another flub was "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Man and Mankind have the same meaning in that context. I never realized it until that NY Times article. That's why the correct quote from Arthur C. Clarke that Armstrong flubbed should have been, "That's one small step for a man......."
I didn't realize that Princess Diana actually married her father-in-law, Prince Philip!. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:58 AM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I always wondered why it was bad form to split an infinitive. It took > Chief Justice Roberts to illustrate the issue. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/opinion/22pinker.html?th&emc=th > > > > -- David Ennocenti 9 West Crest Drive Rochester, NY 14606 585-426-2348 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
