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Old 05-21-2004, 10:21 AM   #27
Donut
Jack Burton
 

Join Date: March 1, 2001
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Age: 41
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Quote:
Originally posted by uss:
My teacher is Estonian.
I decided to permanently stop doing homework at home at one point.
I'll try to help you here. The correct syntax would be "I decided to stop doing homework at home permenantly"

"to permenantly stop" is an example of a split infinitive where you have placed a word between "to" and "stop".
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