Limit the spectrum
"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum – even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there’s free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate." (Noam Chomsky.)
Is "to strictly limit" a split infinitive in the above? Does "the limits put on the range of the debate" refer to "the spectrum of acceptable opinion" there?
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Anonymous Is "to strictly limit" a split infinitive in the above? Yes. Anonymous Does "the limits put on the range of the debate" refer to "the spectrum of acceptable opinion" there?
- Anonymous Is "to strictly limit" a split infinitive in the above?
- Yes.
- Anonymous Does "the limits put on the range of the debate" refer to "the spectrum of acceptable opinion" there?
- There is no grammatical reference there.
- CJ
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AnonymousIs "to strictly limit" a split infinitive in the above?
Yes.
AnonymousDoes "the limits put on the range of the debate" refer to "the spectrum of acceptable opinion" there?
There is no grammatical reference there.
CJ
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