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
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
The split infinitive is the most celebrated of grammar conundrums.
From BBC ● May 13, 2013
It’s a by-product of the famous superstition about splitting an infinitive.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
In that language, infinitives were an unsplittable single word: to split is dilaminare.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
QL: It would not worry me if Russians split infinitives.
From The Guardian ● May 11, 2013
The unsplit versions sound more elegant to me, though I can’t be sure that my ears haven’t been contaminated by a habit of cravenly unsplitting infinitives to avoid spitballs from the Gotcha!
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Parts of Speech - Middle School
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