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THE SPLIT INFINITIVE（第1页）
THESPLITINFINITIVE
&hebestspeakersandwritersareiofplagamodifyingeeheremainingpartoftheiispossiblethatsuetobelookedupoheproperformbutatpreseiiveisdecidedlywrong。"Hewasscarcelyabletoeventalk""Sheeorapidlywalkaroundtheroom。""Tohavereallylovedisbetterthannottohaveatallloved。"Irusitismuchbetternottosplittheinfinitive。Inevery-dayspeechthebestspeakerssinagainstthisobservance。
InNewYorkCitythereisamagistrate，amemberof"the400，"whoprideshimselfonhisdilahisstory:Aprisoner，afaded，batteredspeankind，onwhosehaggardface，deeplylihemarksofdissipatioillliremiterdayslongpast，stooddejectedbeforethejudge。"Whereareyoufrom?"askedthemagistrate。"FromBoston，"aheaccused。"I;saidthejudge，"indeed，yoursisasaddyetyoudon'tseemthlyrealisehowlowyouhavesunk。"Themanstaredasifstruck。"Yourhonordoesmeani;hesaidbitterly。"ThedisgraceofarrestfordruhemortifiofbeingthrustintoanoisomeduyandhumiliationoftrialinaddingyIbear，buttobesentencedbyaPoliceMagistratewhosplitshisiisiblow。"
ONE
Theiiveproinplaceofapersonalsubstantiveisliabletoraise。Wheenceorexpressiohtheimpersohewordmustbeusedthroughoutiothesubject。Thus，"Omindone'sownbusinessifoosuayseemprolixandawkward，istheproperform。Youmustnotsay—"Omindhisbusiosucceed，"forthesubjectisimpersonalandthereforeotexclusivelytakethemasepronoun。Withaisdifferent。Youmaysay—"Ifanyonesinsheshouldaowledgeit?lethimnottrytohideitbyanothersin。"
ONLY
Thisisaitfalltothemostofuswhetherlearnedorunlearned。Probablyitisthemostindisatelyusedwordinthelahedifferentpositionsitismadetooaserelativelygethemeaning。Forihese;Ionlystruckhimthattime，"themeaningtobeihattheonlythingIdidtohimwastostrikehim，notkickorotherwiseabusehim。Butiftheonlyisshifted，soastomakethese;Istrulythattime"themeahatonlyonthatodataimedidIstrikehim。Ifaismadeto-"Istruthattime，"themeaningisagaiitsigheoruck。
Inspeakinghasisimpressonourhearers，butinwritihingtodependupoionofthewordihebestruleioonlyistoplaceitimmediatelybeforethewordorphraseitmodifiesorlimits。
ALONE
&herwordwhichcreatesambiguityandaltersmeaniuteitforonlyinthepregexamplethemeaniencewilldependupement。Thus"Ialoruckhimatthattime"sigIaruckhim。Whee;Istruckhimalotime"itmustbeihewastheoreceivedablow。Againifitismadetoread"IstruckhimatthattimealohesehatthatwastheonlyowhichIstruckhim。Therulewhisthecorrectuseofonlyisalsoapplicabletoalone。
OTHERANDANOTHER
Thesearewordswhigivetoexpressionsameaningfarfromthatihus，"Ihavenothingtodowiththatotherrascalacrossthestreet，"lymeansthatIamarascalmyself。"Iseomyfriend，butanothervillai，&qumyfriendisavillain。
Agoodplanistoomitthesewordswhentheybereadilydo，asintheaboveexamples，butwheousethemmakeyclear。Youdothisbymakienceorphraseinwhichtheyodepeoftextualaid。
ANDWITHTHERELATIVE
htherelativeinthisma;ThatisthedogImeantandwhiowisofpurebreed。"Thisisaeon。Theuseofandispermissiblewhenthereisaparallelrelativeinthepretenceorclause。Thus:"Thereisthedogwhitand。whiowisofpurebreed"isquitecorrect。
