Re: "To run is good exercise"?!

martinphipps2@xxxxxxxxx wrote in message news:<1113902982.801459.167100@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>...

<snip>

regarding the infinitive with and without "to":

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22bare+infinitive%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

being fond of counterexamples, the first thing i thought of was
sentences like this:

"To do the right thing, without hope of personal gain, is the duty of
every enlightened person."

i have a feeling that something called "weight" may be playing a role
here; compare:

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&c2coff=1&q=%22heavy+noun+phrase%22&btnG=Search&meta=

social register may have something to do with it as well. i wish i had
the application to read the entire thread, but it seems to have turned
into a monster.

peace
.

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