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Superior Sfixi SdhtimDAn of Loo Angeles, luu agreed that it's all right to sometimes split an infinitive.
Puriot grammarians hare long contended no word should separate the preposition “to” from its verb. When Judge Scheinman found the phrases “to completely disregard” and “to so treat such a situation/' in the “Book Approval Jury Instruction” he remonstrated with the author, his fellow Los Angeles Jurist, William J. Palmer.
Judge Palmer promptly wrote an opinion. He cited various authorities, in numerous grammatical texts, to bulwark his decision.
Judge Scheinman capitulated yesterday. He wrote to Judge Palmer: “to always split an infinitive, I think, would be to sadly torture the English language. But it probably is all right to now and then split one.”
This brings to mind another rule of the grammarians: “A preposition is not a good word to end a sentence with.”
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