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By *idingout41 OP   Man
over a year ago

Southampton

I have spent many years not listening to advertisements but recently my young son pointed out the grammarly advertisements. They don’t use a capital G for their name which is a concern. However the point of my post is that their line”it may be grammatically correct” is anything but grammatically correct. It is a split infinitive. It should be “ it may be correct grammatically “

I would have been given a Saturday detention for that.

Remember “to boldly go”

Does it matter?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Does it matter?"

Nah.

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

To boldly split infinitives, when none have been split before!

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I don't think split infinitives are always considered incorrect, and are more of a stylistic choice. It's not *quite* up there with insisting on the subjunctive (I gather approaching extinction in English), in terms of pedantry, but it's close.

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By *idingout41 OP   Man
over a year ago

Southampton


"I don't think split infinitives are always considered incorrect, and are more of a stylistic choice. It's not *quite* up there with insisting on the subjunctive (I gather approaching extinction in English), in terms of pedantry, but it's close."

I think my point is that someone holding themselves up to be “better that you” hence selling product thinks it acceptable to aim low.

I was brought up in the North West. Latin was also thought- even if at a low level.

I guess times change.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I don't think split infinitives are always considered incorrect, and are more of a stylistic choice. It's not *quite* up there with insisting on the subjunctive (I gather approaching extinction in English), in terms of pedantry, but it's close.

I think my point is that someone holding themselves up to be “better that you” hence selling product thinks it acceptable to aim low.

I was brought up in the North West. Latin was also thought- even if at a low level.

I guess times change."

Language evolves, and I think this is a case of that.

The ads I've seen have been about getting ahead, and I don't think the contexts they talk about or allude to are particularly prescriptivist.

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By *idingout41 OP   Man
over a year ago

Southampton


"I don't think split infinitives are always considered incorrect, and are more of a stylistic choice. It's not *quite* up there with insisting on the subjunctive (I gather approaching extinction in English), in terms of pedantry, but it's close.

I think my point is that someone holding themselves up to be “better that you” hence selling product thinks it acceptable to aim low.

I was brought up in the North West. Latin was also thought- even if at a low level.

I guess times change.

Language evolves, and I think this is a case of that.

The ads I've seen have been about getting ahead, and I don't think the contexts they talk about or allude to are particularly prescriptivist."

I am guessing they are US advertisements aimed at any “English” speaking sales areas.

We still do teach the concept of split infinitive at KS2

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

It's a concept for sure - but it's not a universal rule anymore. There are different styles for different contexts, clearly. In some contexts a split infinitive reads more naturally.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Bane of my fecking life is Grammarly etc. No, students, you should not be using it

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)


"Bane of my fecking life is Grammarly etc. No, students, you should not be using it "

Huh, I hadn't thought of that. I just thought "I don't need no stinkin' app"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I ever decide how to write based on the advice of a fatuous American with an incredibly jarring voice, just walk away.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"it may be grammatically correct" is not a split infinitive. "To boldly go ... " is a split infinitive ("To go boldly ... " to avoid the split but doesn't have the same 'ring' about it).

" ... split infinitive ... is a grammatical construction in which a word or phrase is placed between the particle to and the infinitive that comprise a to-infinitive ... "

And whether to split an infinitive, or not, is a matter of style and not a 'real' rule of grammar (subjective not objective).

"The real rules of grammar describe the formal structure of a language. They are, effectively, generalisations about how words fit together to create meanings, and they are identified through the study of linguistic evidence ... "

English evolves and most of the pedantry is over 'style' and words that have changed their meaning over time.

I would hazard a generalisation that just about all native English speakers very rarely *actually* produce a grammatically incorrect sentence.

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