[LEAPSECS] ISO TC 37

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <58F1EBEE-14AF-4CA5-B903-B663BC0B6A5A at batten.eu.org>, Ian Batten wri
tes:


>I'm normally quick to dismiss complaints about split infinitives

>as people attempting to make an argument about style into an argument

>about correct usage.  But whether your objection is stylistic or

>prescriptive, "These conditions will make the future interpretation

>of the now polysemous term impossible to unambiguously determine

>in many circumstances." is pretty horrid.


That's not a split infinitive, that is Danglish :-)


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