1871: War Between the US and Britain Averted When the US Agrees to Not Split Infinitives
(USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama by Xanthus Smith)I&... ...British conventions of English grammar considered splitting an infinitive a serious grammatical error. Thomas R. Lounsbury,... ...t insisted that the text of the treaty contain no split infinitives :At last an agreement...
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