Steven Pinker Quotes
American Heritage Dictionary: "The Only Rationale For Condemning The Construction Is Based On A False Analogy With Latin. . . . In General, The Usage Panel Accepts The Split Infinitive." Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online Dictionary: "Even Though There Has Never Been A Rational Basis For Objecting To The Split Infinitive, The Subject Has Become A Fixture Of Folk Belief About Grammar. . . . Modern Commentators . . . Usually Say It's All Right To Split An Infinitive In The Interest Of Clarity. Since Clarity Is The Usual Reason For Splitting, This Advice Means Merely That You Can Split Them Whenever You Need To." Encarta World English Dictionary: "There Is No Grammatical Basis For Rejecting Split Infinitives.
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