Geoffrey Pullum interviewed in The Telegraph UK

[Laurence Horn]

So her mission is not to boldly go where no man has gone before?

LH

On Mar 22, 2014, at 2:35 AM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:

> Thank you for that post!
>
> In "My Beloved World" (Sonia Sotomayor, 2013, third page of the preface), Sotomayor says her rules for formal writing include not splitting infinitives.
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> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
>
> Learn Ainu! https://sites.google.com/site/aynuitak1/videos
> On Mar 21, 2014, at 11:08 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> The Telegraph (UK) has an article about linguistics featuring the
>> views of Geoffrey Pullum
>>
>> Are 'grammar Nazis' ruining the English language?
>> By Tom Chivers
>> 19 Mar 2014
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>> Split infinitives make them shudder and they'd never end a sentence
>> with a preposition. But linguist Geoffrey Pullum has a message for all
>> grammar pedants: you're wrong
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10692897/Are-grammar-Nazis-ruining-the-English-language.html
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