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Ameel Ballarat, Australia

Today, I tried to convince my daughter that the "To boldly go where no man has gone before" speech is from Star Trek, and is not an actual historical speech by the first man on the moon. She has decided to include it in her university essay on Neil Armstrong anyway. FML

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It's from the original series. Not one of the films. /nerd

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When I read the first half sentence I swear this was going to be about sex. Ahwell. Either way, your daughter doesnt seem very smart...

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iloveweed69 7

What a smart girl ;D

... to go where no child has gone before.

She just might get in... to beauty college.

Well how did it go?

Spoken like a true genius

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON THIS PLANET ANYMORE

RocketNinjaFish 12

LOL futurama :)

RedPillSucks 33

So? Boldly GTFOH (Too harsh??)

Then pick one of the other alpha quadrant planets, I recommend risa!! Stay away from Vulcan, heavy air, Romulus, too gray and cardassia? Well, too big meanies. Lol

^ I see what you did there

Hellooo, community college.

Wow, got a real winner there.

You know what's interesting about that sentence? "To boldly go where no man has gone before," includes a split infinitive. So, not only is she crediting that quote to the wrong person, but she's also peddling bad grammar. THE MORE YOU KNOW! :D

There is nothing grammatically wrong with splitting infinitives, as that phrase clearly shows. It's a style choice, and it was the right choice here.