Infinitives Latin Quotes & Sayings

Please, please be patient with me. Because I really don't want to let go of this. And you - I don't want to let go of you." My voice drops to a whisper. "Of us. — Jay McLean

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. — Steven Pinker

Slap some keys on her and we'll have a piano. — Darryl F. Zanuck

I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it. — Dean Koontz

Oh, you need Alan to betray Nick and then you'll steal Nick's powers and kill them both," said Mae. "Great idea. Hey, can i come? I'll bring a picnic lunch if you promise not to let blood get on the sandwiches. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Before you can make a difference, you have to believe you can. — Anne Sweeney

She trembles when she thinks of everything her quilrs must know about her — Amanda Lee

It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.'
'And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.'
'That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.'
'Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things. — Haruki Murakami