tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post392271859208887648..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: "Sinful Pride and Rebellion"Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37181205192584698092021-07-20T11:02:00.256+01:002021-07-20T11:02:00.256+01:00Churchill replied in his inimitable way to a repro...Churchill replied in his inimitable way to a reproof over his ending sentence with a preposition: 'That is an assertion up with which I will not put.'PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-70024043369500412352021-07-20T11:00:07.299+01:002021-07-20T11:00:07.299+01:00I usually wince at split infinitives, but I am mor...I usually wince at split infinitives, but I am more than happy to overlook the excellent Bishop Strickland's use of it on this occasion.PMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144651697262763099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-10759626871243268022021-07-20T00:19:10.585+01:002021-07-20T00:19:10.585+01:00John Nolan and Unknown (are you a Known Unknown or...John Nolan and Unknown (are you a Known Unknown or an Unknown Unknown?): agreed. I wasn't commenting on the correctness or otherwise of a 'split infinitive', and it's certainly true that trying to avoid it sometimes produces very clumsy English. <br /><br />And if Fr Hunwicke will forgive me for roaming very far from the point of his original post, I can't resist quoting Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-3801519747781645952021-07-19T09:06:12.238+01:002021-07-19T09:06:12.238+01:00The 'split infinitive' myth is a result of...The 'split infinitive' myth is a result of trying to make English grammar conform to that of Latin, where it is impossible to split the infinitive. Another example is the quaint notion that you can't end a sentence with a preposition, which ignores the fact that English has phrasal verbs, about the only grammatical trait which perplexes foreigners, who would logically infer that the John Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027156691859606002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-74635366887091167792021-07-18T22:40:02.929+01:002021-07-18T22:40:02.929+01:00In the second edition of his MODERN ENGLISH USAGE,...In the second edition of his MODERN ENGLISH USAGE, Fowler observes: "The English-speaking world may be divided into (1) those who neither know nor care what a split infinitive is; (2) those who do not know, but care very much; (3) those who know and condemn; (4) those who know and approve; and (5) those who know and distinguish. In the lengthy discussion that follows, Fowler places himself Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824016797305952597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-31039150058277182992021-07-18T21:02:04.776+01:002021-07-18T21:02:04.776+01:00God bless faithful bishops, like Bishop Strickland...God bless faithful bishops, like Bishop Strickland.Joseph Revesz Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16458353825737714509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20171543205047379972021-07-18T19:08:55.623+01:002021-07-18T19:08:55.623+01:00Bp Strickland is a very-white hat song do many gra...Bp Strickland is a very-white hat song do many gray and black ones. ArthurHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457034966950706077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-63252555167365577292021-07-18T19:08:50.277+01:002021-07-18T19:08:50.277+01:00Bp Strickland is a very-white hat song do many gra...Bp Strickland is a very-white hat song do many gray and black ones. ArthurHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457034966950706077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-72773876454759538062021-07-18T17:37:14.426+01:002021-07-18T17:37:14.426+01:00In the battlefield that is the present Church, eve...In the battlefield that is the present Church, everyone should know or learn of the hero Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, whose grammar yields, in this instance, to the more powerful sprung rhythm of "to once again bow humbly...", I think. CHSIIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934094515414717476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33754623998882608042021-07-18T16:31:38.120+01:002021-07-18T16:31:38.120+01:00...to once again bow......to once again bow...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983955289507752980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-26970468008543337452021-07-18T15:10:19.224+01:002021-07-18T15:10:19.224+01:00to once again bow humbly before almighty God
The ...<i><b>to</b> once again <b>bow</b> humbly before almighty God</i><br /><br />The emboldened words form the infinitive in English: if one places an adverbial between the two words, that's splitting the infinitive. Thus in the opening to 'Star Trek', a disembodied voice pronounces perhaps the most famous split infinitive in the language: 'to boldly go where no man has gone before&#Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-37312351984868983852021-07-18T15:08:30.558+01:002021-07-18T15:08:30.558+01:00to once again bow humbly before almighty God
The ...<i><b>to</b> once again <b>bow</b> humbly before almighty God</i><br /><br />The emboldened words form the infinitive in English: if one places an adverbial between the two words, that's splitting the infinitive. Probably the most famous split infinitive of all time is that phrase in the opening of every <i>Star Trek</i> episode: <i>to boldly go where no man* has gone before</i>.<br /><br />*Sue Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976537787708670241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-76454497950586782062021-07-18T13:55:11.145+01:002021-07-18T13:55:11.145+01:00A local and delightful radio priest made an amusin...A local and delightful radio priest made an amusing comment on the rainbow flag. He noted, Ssshhhh don't tell them -- they've got the wrong rainbow. Theirs only has six colors. Nature's has seven. Are they perhaps missing indigo? Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851990325188858710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-40341095236577793202021-07-18T13:49:40.408+01:002021-07-18T13:49:40.408+01:00I never understood why a split infinitive is such ...I never understood why a split infinitive is such a grammatical offense. In many cases it serves to add style and emphasis to a phrase or sentence. But, in any case, what really matters here is the very sound content of Bishop Strickland's observation about the semiotics of perversity. He is one of the few worthy, orthodox American bishops. It is rather miraculous that Francis has not coradcorloquiturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07125381369456761748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-5464275697759762582021-07-18T11:57:09.963+01:002021-07-18T11:57:09.963+01:00Where does your infinitive actually split, reveren...Where does your infinitive actually split, reverende Pater?Eriugenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181241796631553348noreply@blogger.com