David W. Jones1d ago

#WritersCoffeeClub 4/10 What's something other writers swear by that you just don't get?

Never splitting infinitives in English. The rule came from Latin, where an infinitive is a single word. English infinitives are TWO words, and Latin lost all its prestige centuries ago!

Show threadacb1d ago
@dancingtreefrog @cstross Surely never splitting infinitives is just something you would do to demonstrate to your fellow 18th-century English gentry that you went to a grammar school where you got Latin caned into you, and thus are of good breeding and not some jumped-up peasant
Show threadGary McGraw
@acb @dancingtreefrog @cstross to boldly split where never split before
Apr 11 at 9:43amWeb