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Doctors vs. lawyers; cats vs. dogs.
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Thanks for the which/that clarification.
I was not opining that his original version didn't read better, I was pointing out that it was possible to simultaneously avoid splitting the infinitive and not sound utterly stupid.
Note I'm not asterisking my split infinitive and saying it can't be avoided. My infinitive is split, and I like it that way.
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Some of us who write for a living aspire to more than not sounding utterly stupid. But thank you for your suggestions.
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