A split infinitive is a controversial grammatical construction specific to English in which an adverb or adverbial phrase appears in a to-infinitive phrase between the "to" and the bare infinitive verb of the infinitival phrase "to verb", as "to adverb verb". The adverb is said to "split" the infinitive.
A split infinitive is a controversial grammatical construction specific to English in which an adverb or adverbial phrase appears in a to-infinitive phrase between the "to" and the bare infinitive verb of the infinitival phrase "to verb", as "to adverb verb". The adverb is said to "split" the infinitive.
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