infinitive
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All other Greek dialects known today have stopped using the infinitive found in ancient Greek.
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
His father had strong views about ending a sentence with a preposition and thought it a “heinous sin” to split an infinitive.
From Washington Post ● May 29, 2019
Another transgressor was Transport for London for its sign "It is safer to stay on the train than attempting to get off" - mixing up gerund and infinitive.
From BBC ● May 13, 2013
Statesmen are not called upon only to settle easy questions.28 I find it hard to specify when not to split an infinitive.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Anne Carson says: “You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2019
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
In that language, infinitives were an unsplittable single word: to split is dilaminare.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
Writers of English have been merrily “splitting” infinitives since the 1300s.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Parts of Speech - Middle School
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