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.