[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Split Infinitive"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Gee, it seems that whenever I come up with a nice little antedating, it turns out that this guy Shapiro has posted exactly the same antedating years ago.  Very annoying.


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Previously shared by Fred in 2008.

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On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 4:48 PM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> split infinitive (OED 1897)
>
> Wikipedia has the following:
>
> "Reviews: A Novel in Journalese"<
> https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D94oeAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA439&data=05%7C01%7Cfred.shapiro%40YALE.EDU%7Ce5142d07563a4fa39a0408dace3cfabe%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638049058547156992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Xf0vdwcVacHtN59EWMAKV3t3CqeMWZzzVdbtAY1FFuM%3D&reserved=0>. The Scots
> Observer. IV (95): 489. September 13, 1890. Retrieved 2018-04-27. The split
> infinitive ('to solemnly curse') is a captain jewel in the carcanet
> [referring to 'gems' of a novel's grammar].
>
> Fred Shapiro
>

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