Little VictoriesI recently received a £2 voucher from a supermarket after complaining vociferously about the poor quality of their own-brand Rich Tea biscuits, which I spent on more tasty, tasty biscuits. Tell us about your trivial victories that have made life a tiny bit better.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Feb 2011, 12:07)
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To be a grammar nazi effectively is very, very difficult, not to mention pompous, self-important, and very sad.It means you can make no mistakes of your own, and splitting an infinitive in a phrase such as "I honestly admire" seem to display an awful lack of self-awareness.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:19,
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Splitting an infinitive is perfectly acceptable in EnglishThe only reason people think it isn't is because of Grammar Nazis in the 18th century, who a) thought Latin was in some sense "better" than any other language, and b) who wanted to sell more grammar books, so made up a whole load of arbitrary rules.
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I agree.It's part of my point.
lol
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 16:35,
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I thought split infinitives were all the rage these daysBut you're right. So very right.
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Wouldn't that be'To' honestly admire? After all, the infinitive is 'to admire'.
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Ghoti Fingers, Tue 15 Feb 2011, 18:24,
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Depends how far you want to take it - I were taught that it ain't not proper to split no verb, which is what the phrase "split infinitive" refers to:So it should be "I admire ... honestly", or "Honestly I admire ... "
Mind, I'm from Somerset. It's different there.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 8:38,
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