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Foley, Louis – Reading Horizons, 1974
Discusses the use of split infinitives in written language and suggests a compromise rule. (RB)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Styles
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Foley, Louis – Reading Horizons, 1970
Presents examples of language pollution fostered by mass media which ignore distinctions in language and warns that this can weaken the general feeling for the nature of English. (MB)
Descriptors: Language Standardization, Language Styles, Language Usage, Literary Devices