Having learned his lesson in 2008, today Chief Justice Roberts apparently had the oath of office written out on a sheet of paper in his hand, and thereby avoided any uncertainties about adverb placement:
For background, see
"Adverbial placement in the oath flub", 1/20/2009
"Rectifying the oath flub", 1/21/2009
"New light from Toobin on the oath flub story", 9/18/2012
And for discussion of the Zombie Rule about "split verbs" and its role in helping to generate the 2008 oath flub, see:
"The split verbs mystery", 8/23/2008
"When zombie rules attack", 8/26/2008
Steven Pinker, "Oaf of Office", New York Times 1/21/2009
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