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EN307 History of the English Language

EN307 History of the English Language. Fall 2008. Wrong or Not?. Split infinitive “I want to strongly suggest that you take this course.” “I want to completely rearrange my room.”. Latin infinitives. habere , to have ponere , to put esse , to be.

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EN307 History of the English Language

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  1. EN307 History of the English Language Fall 2008

  2. Wrong or Not? • Split infinitive “I want to strongly suggest that you take this course.” “I want to completely rearrange my room.”

  3. Latin infinitives • habere, to have • ponere, to put • esse, to be

  4. “To boldly go where no man has gone before.”

  5. “To boldly go where no one has gone before.”

  6. Which would you say? • Somebody left their sweater. • Somebody left his sweater. • Somebody left his or her sweater.

  7. Wrong or not? • He’s the person I arrived with. • He’s the only guy I can deal with. • We have much to be thankful for. • That depends on what you believe in.

  8. Sentence-ending lunacy • That is the sort of criticism up with which I will not put. (Churchill?) • What did you bring that book that I don’t like to be read to out of up for?

  9. Simplifying/Shortening • I could care less. • Thru

  10. Analogy: cavalcade ☞ motorcade e-mail ☞ e-commerce e-cards e-tail

  11. Don’t make a noun into a verb! • I just referenced that (grrr!). • Phone me. • They tabled the motion. • I headed to the store. • Hand me that book.

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