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Meaning of SPLIT INFINITIVE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Split infinitive\ (Gram.)
A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the
verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also
{cleft infinitive}.
 

 

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