- A
split infinitive is a
grammatical construction in
which an
adverb or
adverbial phrase separates the "to" and "
infinitive"
constituents of what was traditionally...
-
Infinitive (abbreviated INF) is a
linguistics term for
certain verb
forms existing in many languages, most
often used as non-finite verbs. As with many...
- 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...
-
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...
-
proscription of
established and
unproblematic English usages, such as the
split infinitive and the use of
which in a
restrictive relative clause. On Language...
- 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...
- and it has "never been
wrong to '
split' an
infinitive". In some
cases it may be
preferable to
split an
infinitive. In his
grammar book A Plea for the...
-
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...
-
grammatical or
stylistic error – see
split infinitive for details. The main uses of to-
infinitives, or
infinitive phrases introduced by them, are as follows:...
- "Eschew obfuscation,
espouse elucidation." "It is bad to
carelessly split infinitives." "Never use no
double negatives." "No
sentence fragments." "Parentheses...
