to deliberately split an infinitive in a thread title?

[MardyBra]

Psammead has put me in charge of pedant baiting when she is in charge at the weekend, when everyone is off at the meet-up. Thought I'd get a bit of practice in.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

"To boldly go where no man has gone before". Beat you, sexism and split infinitive in one.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

The structure of the second sentence was pretty shocking as well. Bwahahaha.

[Psammead]

Good work.

To really appreciate how hard this is for some people to even read, you need to thoroughly have read the complaints column in the Guardian.

[MardyBra]

MrsTP - which sentance do you mean?

[ConOfScience]

who's in charge?

Psammead, we need to have a meeting about this. You can't just go appointing people without my input

[Psammead]

My idea, Con. My letter to HQ.

Therefore I am in charge.

[stern look]

I think Mardy would make the most excellent pedant baiter.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

sentance, MardyBra? That made even my teeth itch.

[ConOfScience]

There's no I in TEAM

[Psammead]

No, but there is ME.

You can be in charge of pilfering from the prize cupboard, if you like. [gracious]

[ConOfScience]

[MardyBra]

Bugger off you two with you're thread hijack.

[Psammead]

Sorry hun.

We should of arsked first.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I think you mean arksed (at least that is how it is said in Croydon, innit).

[habbibu]

Nothing wrong with a split infinitive. So ner.

[Psammead]

Oh crap.

Arksed.

[Psammead]

I'm with you hun. Well commen.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

LOL

[MrsTerryPratchett]

[MardyBra]

Habbibu. Could you please pacifically give me some good examples of where it would be asseptible.

[ConOfScience]

I could of been the boss.

But I know the Psammead is more better for the job.

[MardyBra]

Seriously though, DH and I have been arguing about this for about 20 years. I think it's fine to split an infinitive, but would avoid it in formal writing. He thinks we should stick to an arbitrary rule that some grammarians made up a few centuries ago.

[Psammead]

Aww hun thats sweet of you hun i know you would of been grate to but i just sort of got their furst you know. Thanks hun your swee.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I think a lot of rules came from annoying Public school boys Latin and it was assumed that English should have the same rules. English doesn't have or need to have the same rules as a Romantic language, which does not share it's derivation.

Hugz

[MrsTerryPratchett]

*hugz

Sorry, shouldn't have capitalised.