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split decision |
split down |
split dynamometer |
split end |
split hairs |
split infinitive
| split key
| split level
| split personality
| split rail
| split run
split infinitive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun split infinitive has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
split infinitive,
A simple infinitive with to , having a modifier between the verb and the to ; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive .
"The use of the split infinitive is commonly considered to be ungrammatical, but by most grammarians it is considered acceptible."
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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