Good points

[brightlotusmoon]

Delightful, fascinating, and illuminating.
http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i32/32b01501.htm: 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice

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[chiyo-no-saru.livejournal.com]

Oh, split infinitives. So abused!

[chiyo-no-saru.livejournal.com]

(Abused in the sense that no one likes them, that is.)

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

:)

The poor split infinitive is indeed a solicism: a grammatical mistake or absurdity. The most famous split infinitive is, of course, "To boldly go where no one has gone before." I sometimes wonder if split infinitives will always permeate our language despite the abuse...
(But I still like them!)