Over a long period of time, among people interested in writing, there has been endless discussion of the “split infinitive.” Both those who castigate it and those who are disposed to accept it have generally missed the point. Whatever one may think of its importance in itself, it can furnish an interesting approach for examining the real principles of sentence-structure and the logical arrangement of words.
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Christian Science Monitor, June 24, 1967.
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Ibid., December 3, 1969.
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Ibid., April 2, 1970.
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Ibid.
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CappAl, speech at Franklin Pierce College, April 27, 1969.
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Christian Science Monitor, June 24, 1969.
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Ibid., March 2, 1969.
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Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 1969.
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Senator Margaret Chase Smith, quoted in Boston Herald Traveler, July 10, 1969.
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Chicago Tribune, July 14, 1969.
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Christian Science Monitor, March 5, 1970.
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Ibid., June 28, 1969.
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