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From: grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman)
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Subject: Re: For what is grammar good? - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 18:50:43 EST
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	As I understand it, the rules about splitting infinitives
    & ending sentences with prepositions are both carryovers from
    Latin.  In Latin, it is physically impossible to split an
    infinitive, of course, and it makes no sense to end a sentence
    with a preposition.  There was a time when Latin so dominated
    academics that it was felt that it's grammar ought to be
    followed in English.

						-Glenn