infinitive, split

[Beverly Flanigan]

At 09:50 AM 2/7/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Just in case the issue arises in someone's class:
>
>Ghosting around in my briefcase was the following Dec. 13 sub-head from
>the NYT, ultimate proof that the split infinitive is no longer an
>issue--at least among that paper's editors:
>
>Testaverde
>To Probably
>Play Against
>Lions Sunday
>
>No typographical justifications necessary here, either. If To and Probably
>were reversed, the words would take up the same space on the line.
>
>PR

This doesn't bother me, but I've also seen the NY Times misuse "whom" (as a
subject, again hypercorrectively, I suspect).  Editing at the Times ain't
what it used to be!

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