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From: Miss Elaine Eos <Misc@your-pants.PlayNaked.com>
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Subject: Re: English Lesson: Monty Python
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In article <54lkrsF216qpuU1@mid.individual.net>,
Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@planet-interkom.de> wrote:
> In my opinion, complaints about split infinitives are the province of
> pedants.
Is not pedantic equivalent to academic or learned?
Your sentence sounds a bit like "In my opinion, complaints about sloppy
English are the province of those concerned with correct English."
Well... YEAH!
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