[Dixielandjazz] Split infinitive

Bill Gunter jazzboard at hotmail.com
Fri Apr 23 17:21:02 PDT 2004


Hi John,

Regarding your split infinitive "to quickly assimilate" . . . you wrote:

>I was going to apologise for the split infinitive but because I have never
>agreed with the ridiculous notion that it is a grammatical crime I shall 
>let
>it stand.

It's refreshing to see that you are willing to boldly go where others would 
fear to timidly trepidate.

Cheers

Bill "split that infinitive!" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com

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