infinitive
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Sitaridou's analysis of the Romeyka infinitive is key.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2024
The NI Civil Service did remove the split infinitive of "to boldly go", replacing it with a more grammatically correct version.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2022
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
A sentence often sounds better when the to is close to the infinitive: Dilbert decided to mention dating in the workplace.
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
Even today, I have felt the urge to run that red light, or to boisterously split infinitives.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing infinitive
Parts of Speech - Middle School
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