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Split infinitive   /splɪt ɪnfˈɪnɪtɪv/   Listen
Split infinitive

noun
1.
An infinitive with an adverb between 'to' and the verb (e.g., 'to boldly go').





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"Split infinitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Walter Pater. Charlotte Bronte's Maternal Great Aunt. A New Catholic History of England. The Genius of Shakespeare. Correspondence:—The Mendelian Hypothesis; The Split Infinitive; ...
— Tono Bungay • H. G. Wells


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