infinitive

Example Sentences

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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

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

As a preposition, a word that positions other words, the to lets us know an infinitive is coming.

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