User talk:Polemyx

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The right to sometimes split infinitives
Ha! I laughed out loud when you wrote:


 * (Yes, I do yell at the television whenever a split infinitive, dangling modifier or failure-to-use-the-subjunctive be heard! It's a wonder I'm not hoarse...)

I don't yell at split infinitives, or at sentences that end with a participle, because I think those things are historically a part of English and rules against them added in later by someone (Henry Alford?) who felt that English should emulate Latin's grammar whenever possible. (Dangling modifiers are more errors of logic than grammar IMO but I do yell at them anyway.)

I am pickier when it comes to grammatical features of English that are historically English. The thing that makes me most hoarse while watching TV is the use of "who" where it should be "whom"! (Take it from me, you don't even want to start down that path; it's far too frustrating! Talk about losing battles...)

Anyway I just thought I'd say hello to a fellow grammar geek!

Peace, Dave (djkernen)|Talk to me|Please help! 14:22, 24 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry but I can't resist pointing to the following:


 * Cutts, Martin (2009). Oxford Guide to Plain English (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199558506.


 * O'Conner, Patricia T.; Kellerman, Stewart (2009). Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language. New York: Random House. ISBN 9781400066605.


 * I found both of these while reading the article on common English usage misconceptions, which explicitly states that it is ok to sometimes split one's infinitives. (Interestingly, it did not say that it's ok to use who as the object of a sentence, so I will continue to yell at the TV whenever I hear my bête noir.) Sorry. I know how much you wanted the whole split infinitive thing to be wrong...


 * XOXO,
 * Dave (djkernen)|Talk to me|Please help! 16:38, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks...
...for your contribution to the article Saxon genitive!

Chrisrus (talk) 19:46, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

Nebuchadnezzar II
I responded to your comment at Talk:Nebuchadnezzar II. I hope it clears some things up.--Cúchullain t/ c 19:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Nebuchadnezzar/Nebuchadrezzar
I just spent an hour digging through the indexes of books in my library to sort this out and have put the results on the talk page for Nebuchadnezzar II. -Ben (talk) 02:49, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism at Sycophant
See this discussion about the repeated deletion, without discussion, of an article you have edited. Talk:Sycophant Banks Irk (talk) 16:41, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * There is now a discussion at AFD Articles_for_deletion/Sycophant Banks Irk (talk) 17:59, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

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