Split Infinitives…
Ever wonder what exactly a “Split Infinitive” is? Well, here’s your chance to find out:
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~susan/cyc/s/split.htm
Interesting little factoid.
I can think of two very good reasons for not splitting an infinitive.
- Because you feel that the rules of English ought to conform to the grammatical precepts of a language that died a thousand years ago.
- Because you wish to cling to a pointless affectation of usage that is without the support of any recognized authority of the last 200 years, even at the cost of composing sentences that are ambiguous, inelegant, and patently contorted.
– Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue, 1990
Wikipedia Also has an article
…and you wonder why I never get anything done. 
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March 25th, 2005 at 7:35 pm
Reminds me of when my grandfather used to proof my papers. I had always had split infinitives that he would bring to my attention. It seemed a bit absurd then and still does (but then again a lot of English related stuff doesn’t make sense….actually, now that I think about it, a lot of stuff in life doesn’t make sense ;-))