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 threadRafe Culpin1d ago
@dancingtreefrog English is not a Romance language! It is a Germanic language with a Romance language bolted on top of it and bits of various other languages Blu tacked on all over.
Show threadDavid W. Jones

@RafeCulpin
English is the language that lurks in alleyways, mugs other languages, and riffles through their pockets looking for new words, grammar rules, and ways to spell things...

I do wish English had kept its full Germanic affection for compound words, though!

Apr 11 at 11:49amFedilab