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Split Infinitives Quotes By Amor Towles

I sutured split infinitives and hoisted dangling modifiers and wore out the seam of my best flannel skirt. — Amor Towles

Split Infinitives Quotes By Terry Fallis

one of the most famous split infinitives ... To boldly go — Terry Fallis

Split Infinitives Quotes By David Cunliffe

I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy. — David Cunliffe

Split Infinitives Quotes By Douglas Adams

And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before
and thus was the Empire forged. — Douglas Adams

Split Infinitives Quotes By Douglas Adams

To boldly split infinitives that no man had split before ... — Douglas Adams

Split Infinitives Quotes By Stephen Fry

There are all kinds of pedants around with more time to read and imitate Lynne Truss and John Humphrys than to write poems, love-letters, novels and stories it seems. They whip out their Sharpies and take away and add apostrophes from public signs, shake their heads at prepositions which end sentences and mutter at split infinitives and misspellings, but do they bubble and froth and slobber and cream with joy at language? Do they ever let the tripping of the tips of their tongues against the tops of their teeth transport them to giddy euphoric bliss? Do they ever yoke impossible words together for the sound-sex of it? Do they use language to seduce, charm, excite, please, affirm and tickle those they talk to? Do they? I doubt it. They're too farting busy sneering at a greengrocer's less than perfect use of the apostrophe. Well sod them to Hades. They think they're guardians of language. They're no more guardians of language than the Kennel Club is the guardian of dogkind. — Stephen Fry

Split Infinitives Quotes By Steven Pinker

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

Split Infinitives Quotes By Dervla Murphy

Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner. — Dervla Murphy

Split Infinitives Quotes By Stephen King

She had always consciously or unconsciously formed fear into a simple equation: fears = unknown. — Stephen King

Split Infinitives Quotes By David Leavitt

It was an instinct to put the world in order that powered her mending split infinitives and snipping off dangling participles, smoothing away the knots and bumps until the prose before her took on a sheen, like perfect caramel. — David Leavitt

Split Infinitives Quotes By Betty Parsons

Every time I learn a new thing to do on my computer, I have to write it down so that I can remember it. — Betty Parsons

Split Infinitives Quotes By Jurgen Teller

This beauty ideal is everywhere. You can't escape it - TV, wallpaper, posters, billboards, magazines. They put on these crazy perceptions about what people should look like. It's really shocking the way everybody is striving for this one thing, this ultimate beauty, but what is it? — Jurgen Teller

Split Infinitives Quotes By Christopher Moore

This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as non-traditional gramar, split infinitives, and the odd wank. — Christopher Moore

Split Infinitives Quotes By Jonathan Martin

I follow Jesus not because I don't have any doubts. I follow Jesus because in my doubt, He has always been tender with me. — Jonathan Martin

Split Infinitives Quotes By Victoria Abril

My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them. — Victoria Abril

Split Infinitives Quotes By Douglas Adams

Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free. Mighty starships plied their way between exotic suns, seeking adventure and reward among the furthest reaches of Galactic space. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before
and thus was the Empire forged.
... In these enlightened days, of course, no one believes a word of it. — Douglas Adams

Split Infinitives Quotes By Charles Dickens

She did not greatly alter in appearance. The plain dark dresses, akin to mourning dresses, which she and her child wore, were as neat and as well attended to as the brighter clothes of happy days. She lost her colour, and the old and intent expression was a constant, not an occasional, thing; otherwise, she remained very pretty and comely. — Charles Dickens

Split Infinitives Quotes By Mark Galli

Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice ... but the voice of eternity within a man it cannot drown. When by the aid of affliction all irrelevant voices are brought to silence, it can be heard, this voice within. — Mark Galli

Split Infinitives Quotes By Brian K. Vaughan

Your writing blows, by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry. — Brian K. Vaughan

Split Infinitives Quotes By Christopher Moore

WARNING
This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as non-traditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank. If that sort of thing bothers you, then gentle reader pass by, for we endeavor only to entertain, not to offend. That said, if that's the sort of thing you think you might enjoy, then you have happened upon the perfect story! — Christopher Moore

Split Infinitives Quotes By Charles Dickens

Mr Pinch accordingly, after turning over the leaves of his book with as much care as if they were living and highly cherished creatures, made his own selection, and began to read. — Charles Dickens

Split Infinitives Quotes By Amy Harmon

Life had taught her that consequences were ugly and painful, and seldom worth the pleasure they had been bartered for. — Amy Harmon

Split Infinitives Quotes By Khaled Hosseini

We saw our first Western together, Rio Bravo with John Wayne, at the Cinema Park, across the street from my favorite bookstore. — Khaled Hosseini

Split Infinitives Quotes By Ralph Steadman

I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me. — Ralph Steadman