Twain on infinitives and German split at dinner in New York
Mark Twain quipped that a verb’s split is a German issue not English. The article then shifts to a bridge game where South, after a cautious start, secures 12 tricks despite a tough trump split. South executes a sequence ending with a coup en passant and North praises the precise play.
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