Thursday, April 25, 2013

To Boldly Go




Where  no man has gone before . . .




4 comments:

The 2 Half-Squads said...

Ever since reading about Isaac Asimov's annoyance at Roddenberry's use of a split infinitive in this line, I can't help but pause and reform the words every time I read it or hear it. "To boldly go..." or "To go boldly..." Happily, they both work well, in my mind, but as someone who seeks to use grammar correctly, I often speak it as "to go boldly...". Trek fans often catch the switch and thus a conversation is started. First about grammar, and then about Star Trek. Win win!
Jeff Hallett

Anonymous said...

So, because the Romans were unable to split an infinitive, because it was a single word, we shouldn't be allowed to do so?

You posted about it on the internet, in English; which is something else the Romans couldn't do.

Troll Lord said...

So what you two are saying is that Captain Kirk was a Roman?

The 2 Half-Squads said...

Exactly, Stephen. After all, his middle name was Tiberius.
Jeff Hallett

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