Timeline for Comma in infinitive construction
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| Dec 8, 2012 at 14:23 | comment | added | cgnieder | I acknowledge of course that there is a can-rule for the cases mentioned in the section or if otherwise the sentence would be ambiguous (1). In all other cases I don't think one has a choice. (1) Which prooves me wrong, though, regarding “Wir empfehlen, ihm zu folgen.” ... | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 14:03 | comment | added | John Smithers | No, it's not convincing, @Clemens, especially because this section says, that there is a can-rule. But it's not the first time I disagree with belleslettres. | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 1:39 | comment | added | cgnieder | I know that section. It is discussed on the page I linked in detail (and quite convincing I might add)! | |
| Dec 8, 2012 at 1:07 | comment | added | John Smithers | Well, @Clemens, I disagree. See section E:2,c) in pub.ids-mannheim.de/laufend/sprachreport/pdf/sr11-extra.pdf | |
| Dec 7, 2012 at 21:12 | comment | added | cgnieder | There is no “can-rule” in the Neue Rechtschreibung. “Wir empfehlen, ihm zu folgen.” is wrong. Please see this excellent tutorial (which also explains why the Duden is wrong about there being 32 rules: there is only one). | |
| Jan 26, 2012 at 20:38 | vote | accept | AGuyCalledGerald | ||
| Dec 4, 2011 at 13:58 | comment | added | John Smithers | @AndreKR: Follow my link. For "simple" sentences like "Wir zweifeln nicht daran zu gewinnen" it does not make a difference if there is a comma or not. I would put a comma there, because I'm used to do it. But many people think it's superfluous there. | |
| Dec 4, 2011 at 4:28 | comment | added | AndreKR | In 1) you point out the advantages of allowing the comma to be there. But what is the advantage of allowing it to be omitted? | |
| Nov 28, 2011 at 19:00 | comment | added | AGuyCalledGerald | Good point. This makes sense. | |
| Nov 28, 2011 at 18:35 | history | answered | John Smithers | CC BY-SA 3.0 |