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(NOT: I decided I would save up for buying a new computer.) However, if we are talking about the purpose of an object or an action, we normally use the for + verb-ing pattern. Note that this ...

Consider Breyer’s split infinitive, “such a limited construction would fail to fully achieve the anti-retaliation provision’s ‘primary purpose.'” “Such a limited construction would ...

Reader Don in Los Angeles County wrote recently with a question about a well-known grammar issue called a “split infinitive.” “I learned about them 50 years ago and I am somewhat sensitive ...

The cause of his fury? The editor had insisted on “correcting” split infinitives. “Set him adrift and try an intelligent Newfoundland dog in his place,” Shaw fulminated, “without ...