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As for those already dead languages, I've gohe on record as being firmly against pointless rules like "don't split infinitives," which comes from the fact that Latin infinitives are single words, and therefore unsplittable. [Samuel Johnson] might say you shouldn't do anything in English that you can't do in Latin, but he's dead. And zombies are notoriously bad about enforcing grammar rules.
You quote an AP announcement as follows: "The Associated Press Is adopting a universal style for referring to all heads of state, including the United States." It seems to me that the sentence is equating "head of state" (a person) with "the United States" (a country), and that seems wrong to me.See the full content of this document
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Dead Man Talking
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