infinitive

Sitaridou's analysis of the Romeyka infinitive is key.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024

Correct French would not have used the infinitive “tuer,” but rather the past participle, ending with an “e” to agree with the female writer, Ms. Marchal.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2021

Several chalkboard placards display notes on different topics, including the definition of an infinitive, the four types of tissue, and capital cities in New England.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2017

With the infinitive left unsplit – "The board voted to immediately approve the casino" – it can only be the approval.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2014

With the infinitive, use persuade: We were persuaded to go.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Do you go out of your way to avoid splitting infinitives, make gargling noises in the “10 items or less” queue, and have strong feelings about the word “whom”? Take a jersey: you’re team prescriptivist.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 7, 2017

English teachers were once satisfied if they could prevent their pupils from splitting infinitives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2015

This happens at all magazines, of course; at Slate, we recently stopped capitalizing, in headlines, to in infinitives: “To Be or Not To Be” became “To Be or Not to Be.”

From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2015

In that language, infinitives were an unsplittable single word: to split is dilaminare.

From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014

As Copperud wrote, “Shall, then, seems well on the way to extinction, much like the hapless Scot.” split infinitives.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker