Saturday, September 16, 2023

TO SPLIT OR NOT TO SPLIT

 No this is not a post about divorce. 

It is about a more serious subject: split infinitives. 

In a pleading we wrote that a client had " to also face the application of..."

Our AI editor highlighted the infinitive  "to face" and frowned upon splitting it, and suggested we write " also to face the application of ..." . Personally, whenever we get an AI Bot to frown, much like when we get a judge to frown, we think we are on the right path. 

We recognize that split infinitives should be avoided like swinging at an 0-3 fastball while down by a run or telling a jury that your client did some of the things charged in the indictment, 

But we think "to also face the application of" just sounds better. 

As Judge Moreno likes to say- "what say you?" 


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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSaturday, September 16, 2023 6:06:00 PM

    Zzzzzzzz

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  2. AnonymousSaturday, September 16, 2023 9:59:00 PM

    Rumpole, if you just want to be a contrarian, "to face also . . . " would work.

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  3. AnonymousSunday, September 17, 2023 4:16:00 AM

    I wanna read about Fredo.

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  4. AnonymousMonday, September 18, 2023 8:42:00 AM

    I do. It will sound better to anyone focused on the rule that infinitives should not be split.

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