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Split infinitive   /splɪt ɪnfˈɪnɪtɪv/   Listen
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Split infinitive  n.  (Gram.) A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive. Note: The use of the split infinitive is commonly considered to be ungrammatical, but by most grammarians it is considered acceptible.






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"Split infinitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... commandment. We should gently scan, not only our brother man, but our brother author. The aesthete of to-day, however, will look kindly on adultery, but show all the harshness of a Pilgrim Father in his condemnation of a split infinitive. I cannot see the logic of this. If irregular and commonplace people have the right to exist, surely irregular and commonplace books have a right to ...
— The Art of Letters • Robert Lynd



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