to deliberately split an infinitive in a thread title?

[MrsMadWriggle]

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To split an infinitive in a thread title is an aberration up with which I shall not put!!

to quote paraphrase Winstone Churchill (I believe)

To quote the OED

Some people believe that split infinitives are grammatically incorrect and should be avoided at all costs.

But there?s no real justification for their objection, which is based on comparisons with the structure of Latin. People have been splitting infinitives for centuries, especially in spoken English, and avoiding a split infinitive can sound clumsy. It can also change the emphasis of what?s being said

Yes entirely unreasonable. To split an infinitive is the ultimate sin.

Painful too I should imagine.

Whilst we have a grammatical thread up and running - can anyone explain the gerundive to me please?

You have boldy gone where no other mumsnetter has gone before

In linguistics, a gerundive is a particular verb form. The term is applied very differently to different languages; depending on the language, gerundives may be verbal adjectives, verbal adverbs, or finite verbs. Not every language has gerundives.

Can anyone tell I'm googling tonight, and getting a bit trigger happy with cut and paste?

Nothing wrong with split infinitive. It can be v useful.

But you are still wrong to buy the Daily Mail.

Specifically Ancient Greek Bertie?

Habbibu I started both threads at the same time - was interested to see which got the most objections and was the more heinous crime!

AIBU to really think that this is the best thread title ever?

Oh I haven't a clue - hence my cut and paste confession

You sound as though you do have a clue though Odysseus so I shall agree with you completely.

Aww shucks BreastmilK - thanks

We don't have gerundives in English. Do you mean gerunds?

Sorry that was to Odysseus

But for what it's worth, I agree with FabLatte

That specific bit of Ancient Greek I've always struggled with Bertie

You're welcome. I dearly to duly compliment.

(When I was a child, I was locked in the cupboard under the stairs when I dared to ever to split an infinitive)