Timeline for Is there a term for, and what is the correctness of, splitting a verb with a nonrestrictive clause?
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| Jun 17, 2022 at 20:17 | comment | added | John Lawler | It's not "incorrect"; this isn't a class. It's just not standard terminology, and therefore unclear. I've never seen it before, but I can see where it comes from - the verb phrase is the usual place to put interlopers, but it's not split any more than any other constituent -- it's just got more niches available, especially with a lot of auxiliary verbs. Verbs have more fun; they run the sentence. | |
| Jun 17, 2022 at 19:43 | comment | added | landru27 | Regarding the term "verb splitting", is the use of that term in this answer incorrect : english.stackexchange.com/a/301144/358284 ? | |
| Jun 17, 2022 at 19:41 | vote | accept | landru27 | ||
| Jun 17, 2022 at 18:59 | history | edited | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 17, 2022 at 18:54 | history | answered | John Lawler | CC BY-SA 4.0 |