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Re: Vocab help

Thu, 17 July 2008 07:39

Soobie

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knightpraetor wrote on Thu, 10 July 2008 08:56

I need more grammatical help again.

I heard that i am supposed to avoid something called a split infinitive.

i want to correct this sentence.

I need to know where i can gate to from dimna

is it correct, or should I say "I need to know to where i can gate from dimna"

or perhaps

"where i can gate from dimna to"

or "where i can gate from dimna"

which ones are correct?

From Dimna, where can I gate (to)? (the 'to' is optional)
Where can I gate (to) from Dimna? (the 'to' is optional)
(To) where can I gate from Dimna? (this would be unusual to see)

As I understand it, the infinitive is only split when you insert an adverb and only when the 'to' comes before the infinitive of the verb. There is no split infinitive in any of your sentences that I can see as the 'to' is not before the uninflected verb.

You see, as a preposition, 'to' need not always come before a verb. It can also come before a noun. Don't lose sleep over splitting infinitives. Also, in English there is nothing wrong with ending a sentence with a preposition. Wink

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		Vocab help By: knightpraetor on Sun, 09 March 2008 22:38
		Re: Vocab help By: Soobie on Mon, 10 March 2008 02:24
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