- A
split infinitive is a
grammatical construction specific to
English in
which an
adverb or
adverbial phrase separates the "to" and "
infinitive" constituents...
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Infinitive (abbreviated INF) is a
linguistics term for
certain verb
forms existing in many languages, most
often used as non-finite
verbs that do not show...
- structure",
citing as an
example the
phrase "to
boldly split infinitives that no man had
split before", as
originally used in
Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's...
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Galactic Empire, when bold
adventurers dared "to
boldly split infinitives that no man had
split before". In the 1995 book The
Physics of Star Trek, Lawrence...
- dialects)
Split infinitive, in
which some
verbs end with -a
while others end with -e; e.g. å væra
versus å bite,
common in
Eastern Norway Split infinitive, with...
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proscription of
established and
unproblematic English usages, such as the
split infinitive and the use of
which in a
restrictive relative clause. On Language...
- "proceeds to give the heft of an
adjective and even
transforms it into a
split infinitive." He can be seen on the
archive footage (and the
closing credits) on...
- had been
committed in the Sixth-form room. The
victim was an
infinitive. It had been
split,
apparently by some
blunt weapon such as a bad pen. The body...
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attain frigidity.
Split infinitive The English-speaking
world may be
divided into (1)
those who
neither know nor care what a
split infinitive is; (2) those...
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grammatical or
stylistic error – see
split infinitive for details. The main uses of to-
infinitives, or
infinitive phrases introduced by them, are as follows:...
