Re: Nouns and Verbs


Subject: Re: Nouns and Verbs
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 12:19:15 EST


In a message dated 1/24/00 12:06:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu writes:

<< The English language, like all other living languages, constantly
 changes. The split infinitive, for instance, has nearly completed its
 diabolical assault on proper usage. The history of "loan" is itself
 torrid, to say the least, and no decent listserve member would dare
 its slopes, which are as gorey as they are steep. But currently,
 standard academic English in America distinguishes between "loan" and
 "lend" based on their classifications as separate parts of
 speech.
 
 --
 Matt Kozusko >>

I would say that C.S. Lewis, one who comes from Scottie's own stock, sang the
praises of the split infinitive in the 1940s. Perhaps 1950s.

Jim
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