GreysonCarlisle:
Not even that. It was an effort to impose Latin rules on a Germanic language. Though, to be fair, you couldn’t split infinitives in most Germanic tongues, either.
psychonaut:
Which tongues would those be? In all the Germanic languages I’m familiar with, a preposition-like marker (to in English, zu in German, te in Dutch, at in Danish, að in Icelandic) needs to come before the infinitive in at least some (albeit very common) constructions. So at least in those languages it should be possible (even if not strictly permissible) to split infinitives. I’d be interested to know which Germanic languages don’t have infinitives like this.
Then why isn’t it spelled “togo,” as in “togo boldly. . .”
Tobe or not tobe.
That ‘myself’ is often used for reflexive or emphatic purpose does not mean that it can only be used in such ways. Prince Harry’s utterance may have been substandard stylistically (though I don’t find it objectionable) but it is not incorrect.
HTH.