SPLITINFINITIVE

Split infinitive

A split infinitive is an English-language grammatical construction in which a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, comes between the marker to and the bare infinitive form of a verb.

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split infinitive

Noun

  1. An infinitive with one or more modifiers inserted between the and the verb.


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