[LEAPSECS] ISO TC 37
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Jan 16 15:26:05 EST 2012
In message <58F1EBEE-14AF-4CA5-B903-B663BC0B6A5A at batten.eu.org>, Ian Batten wri
tes:
>I'm normally quick to dismiss complaints about split infinitives
>as people attempting to make an argument about style into an argument
>about correct usage. But whether your objection is stylistic or
>prescriptive, "These conditions will make the future interpretation
>of the now polysemous term impossible to unambiguously determine
>in many circumstances." is pretty horrid.
That's not a split infinitive, that is Danglish :-)
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