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Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.

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Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was…
I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to…
If the issue is letting the states experiment and letting the society have more time to figure out its direction, why is…
So they can create a class they don't like-here, homosexuals-or a class that they consider is suspect in the marriage category, and…
I was fifteen years old when I understood how it is that things break down: people can't imagine someone else's point of…
The dynamism of any diverse community depends not only on the diversity itself but on promoting a sense of belonging among those…
The challenges I have faced—among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother—are not uncommon, but neither have…
I have come to believe that in order to thrive, a child must have at least one adult in her life who…
Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped.
Looking out at that crowd, I imagined those who had not yet arrived, minority students who, in years to come, would make…
I would warn any minority student today against the temptations of self-segregation: take support and comfort from your own group as you…
When I call myself an affirmative action baby, I'm talking about the essence of what affirmative action was when it started.

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Spirituality is indeed the master key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinitive is native to it. — Sri Aurobindo
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin… — Bill Bryson
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Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister. — Sonia Sotomayor
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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split. — Raymond Chandler

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