Thread: The editor fallacy
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Old 08-31-2012, 06:51 PM   #58
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Originally Posted by DarkScribe View Post
American William Strunk's "The Elements of Style" regards split infinitives as constructs to be avoided. It also recommends avoiding beginning a sentence with a conjunction. It defines writers who do so as "unskilled". The same with most British style and writing guides.
So here's a question- other than "because Strunk said so," what're the reasons for it? Does he even state his reasons or is he just quoting an earlier style guide?
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