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Re: Bostonites. *ZAP*

From:Bryan Maloney <bjm10@...>
Date:Thursday, March 25, 1999, 22:54
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:

> It's still not possible to split infinitives in English. "to" isn't > part of the infinitive, if it was, we'd have to say things like "I will > to go" or "He can to swim". "To" is merely a preposition that can > precede the infinitive. In English, it's the ONLY preposition allowed > before an infinitive, which makes it LOOK like part of the infinitive.
Which means that "To happily go home" is not splitting the infinitive.