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Woawoa Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Anyone knows about the rule against splitting infinitive in English?

0This rule was created in 17th & 18th century in 01i00Europe(???) 02i00during the period of Neoclassicism.02br
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00There was an agreement that the culture of ancient Greece and Roman were superior to the culture of the day. So they wanted to make their culture more similar to Greece and Roman'.02br
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00In Latin language, the infinitive is made up of 1 word so it is impossible to split the infinitive. But in English, as you know, infinitive is 2 words such as 01i00to say, to make. 02i00Academics wanted to Latinize the English language. As the result, they made a rule against splitting infinitive.02br
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01i00This is in one of my exercises. I do not clearly understand. 02i02br
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01i00Anyone knows about this, please explain for me. 02i02br
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01i00I really appreciate your help!02i02br
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01i00PS: By the way I wonder if this is the truth or just faked. But it seems to be quite good for them who made up this story.02i0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00There was an agreement that the culture of ancient Greece and Roman were superior to the culture of the day. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00In Latin language, the infinitive is made up of 1 word so it is impossible to split the infinitive. But in English, as you know, infinitive is 2 words such as 01i 00to say, to make.

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  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00There was an agreement that the culture of ancient Greece and Roman were superior to the culture of the day.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00In Latin language, the infinitive is made up of 1 word so it is impossible to split the infinitive.
  • But in English, as you know, infinitive is 2 words such as 01i 00to say, to make.
  • 02i 00Academics wanted to Latinize the English language.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 01i 00This is in one of my exercises.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00This rule was created in 17th & 18th century in 01i00Europe(???) 02i00during the period of Neoclassicism.02font02br
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01font00There was an agreement that the culture of ancient Greece and Roman were superior to the culture of the day. So they want
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