Timeline for Writing style in academic English
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| Nov 30, 2019 at 8:31 | comment | added | curiousdannii | @origimbo That people think or say something is wrong is not what makes it wrong to a descriptivist. We would need evidence that there is a speech community which 1. never produces split infinitives, 2. has greater difficulty understanding speech which uses them. I doubt you'd even find a handful of individuals which meet that criteria. | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 20:28 | comment | added | user1482 | @origimbo: Even someone who thinks prescriptivist grammar is fine can think that a certain instance of prescriptivist grammar is nonsense. Good prescriptivism consists of making the language more beautiful, rich, precise, and expressive by emulating what's best about the best writing -- which has nothing to do with obeying a 19th century grammar book that codified already-obsolete 16th-18th century usage. merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/to-boldly-split-infinitives | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 14:49 | comment | added | origimbo | @JackAidley Surely if you're from a descriptive grammatical school and enough people say it's wrong, then it's wrong? | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 12:22 | comment | added | Jack Aidley | There's nothing wrong with split infinitives and there never has been. It's the worst kind of prescriptivist grammar nonsense. Unfortunately, it used to be taught as "wrong" in school and many supervisors are from that era. Personally, I'd ignore this advice unless it actually gets picked up on in submission. | |
| Nov 29, 2019 at 10:21 | comment | added | henning no longer feeds AI | In case you're wondering: enviraiot.com/immssion-vs-emission-what-are-their-differences | |
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| Nov 28, 2019 at 8:55 | history | answered | henning no longer feeds AI | CC BY-SA 4.0 |