tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post7836869218261769020..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: ShibbolethBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-87917263480254352432007-04-30T20:39:00.000-05:002007-04-30T20:39:00.000-05:00Yes, ridger (if I may), that was how I read it at ...Yes, ridger (if I may), that was how I read it at first. But that's not what he's saying. He's saying that OPPOSITION to splitting the infinitive is a shibboleth. But I don't think he means that said opposition marks one as an outsider.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-46780570372490275872007-04-30T16:25:00.000-05:002007-04-30T16:25:00.000-05:00ummm. To me, it's #3 in the AHD - the "custom or p...ummm. To me, it's #3 in the AHD - the "custom or practice that betrays one as an outsider". You split the infinitive, you are not one of us. <BR/><BR/>That it's outdated is peripheral, I think, as would the argument that it was never founded. It was a shibboleth 100 years ago.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-40765605642244297202007-04-29T08:15:00.000-05:002007-04-29T08:15:00.000-05:00I think you got a great blog!! Thank you for that....I think you got a great blog!! Thank you for that. I'm definitely going to add u to my favorite :)<BR/>I hope you can visit my forumat <A>http://www.ESLDF.com/</A> - ESL Discussion Forumlifestylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14401348898895967740noreply@blogger.com