tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post9122685629293900423..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: Protecting God's GrammariansBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-34018569281701116742011-07-28T08:56:37.179-04:002011-07-28T08:56:37.179-04:00I think "to boldly go" sounds better tha...I think "to boldly go" sounds better than "to go boldly". The adverb that splits an infinitive takes on greater emphasis, at least to my ear.<br /><br />Luckily, this is one of those areas where Catholics can disagree, right? ;)Jeffrey Pinyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758581112217835988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-31478796939947914542010-03-28T20:16:56.517-04:002010-03-28T20:16:56.517-04:00QR, I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjo...QR, I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys linguistics.<br /><br />Friar Charles, from the title of the post I thought it was going to be something on the subject of inclusive language. This was MUCH funnier!Barb Szyszkiewiczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00329184613713551475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-40270713776304039322010-03-22T00:24:21.050-04:002010-03-22T00:24:21.050-04:00Father Charles, I never realized I'd be called...Father Charles, I never realized I'd be called "cool" for studying linguistics. But coming from you, it's like Vinnie Barbarino calling Horshac cool, so I'll take it.Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-76643895388431169072010-03-21T20:12:48.316-04:002010-03-21T20:12:48.316-04:00QR, you are too cool! Thanks!QR, you are too cool! Thanks!Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-78375538523914987032010-03-21T14:51:08.953-04:002010-03-21T14:51:08.953-04:00The only way to NOT split infinitives in the Engli...The only way to NOT split infinitives in the English language would be to gingerly rejoin the "to" connoting the verb and the actual verb.<br /><br />The original reasoning behind not wanting to split infinitives is archaic: English is a bastard language, which was invented when the Normans brought and imposed French, a Romance language on the Germanic Anglo-Saxon language. The "to" preceding the verb construct is artificial and was created to essentially stress the fact that a word used and pronounced the same as a noun, adverb and/or verb is actually a verb in a sentence. But since English has used the "to+verb" combo for about 600 years now, the reasoning is archaic, since we can identify an infinitive now regardless of how it is laid out in a sentence.<br /><br />Language is fluid. If it weren't, we still be saying the "Fæder ure". *shudder*Qualis Rexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-88094187345076062642010-03-20T12:07:41.904-04:002010-03-20T12:07:41.904-04:00Wonderful -
By your definition, I'm younger....Wonderful - <br /><br />By your definition, I'm younger. I love to frequently split infinitives.<br /><br />Ew.<br /><br />That was awkward.NCSuehttp://acts17verse28.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-63231503871422026332010-03-19T20:09:21.853-04:002010-03-19T20:09:21.853-04:00I suppose that the anonymous parish critic would h...I suppose that the anonymous parish critic would have preferred <i>I agree to participate fully in the process of preparation for the sacrament of confirmation</i>.<br /><br />That's what he or she would have wanted father to carefully write.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-4914763489535698472010-03-19T19:51:59.956-04:002010-03-19T19:51:59.956-04:00Father, my grammar education has been horrible? Wh...Father, my grammar education has been horrible? What is the correct way of writing the sentence, ie without a split infinitive?carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331034984608859225noreply@blogger.com