Split Infinitives?

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Fri Apr 5 21:43:10 EST 2002


In a message dated 4/5/2002 9:15:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, wmhboyd at aol.com 
writes:


> 
> Since the subject has been raised. Are there split infinitives in the
> Greek N. T.?
> 

LOL!  I thought Glenn dealt with that question. 

". . . the notion that the infinitive should not be "split" is a Romance 
language rule (it is in fact impossible to split a Latin or Greek infinitive, 
since it consists of a single verb rather than the pariphrastic form of 
English) that English teachers trained
in the classics tried to impose on the English language.  English is not a
Romance language, but a Saxon language."


gfsomsel
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