Split infinitive
In the English language, a split infinitive or cleft infinitive is a grammatical construction in which a word or phrase is placed between the particle to and the infinitive that comprise a to-infinitive. In traditional English grammar, the bare infinitive (e.g. go) is extended by the particle to in order to produce the to-infinitive phrase (sometimes termed a full infinitive), to go. A split infinitive occurs when one or more items, as an adverb or adverbial phrase, separates the particle and the infinitive.
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Split infinitive
In the English language, a split infinitive or cleft infinitive is a grammatical construction in which a word or phrase is placed between the particle to and the infinitive that comprise a to-infinitive. In traditional English grammar, the bare infinitive (e.g. go) is extended by the particle to in order to produce the to-infinitive phrase (sometimes termed a full infinitive), to go. A split infinitive occurs when one or more items, as an adverb or adverbial phrase, separates the particle and the infinitive.
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In the English language, a spl ...... initive can be "split" at all.
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Rozdzielny bezokolicznik (ang. ...... I w zwrocie between you and I.
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Spjälkad infinitiv eller kluve ...... art inte infinitiven spjälkas.
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英語における分離不定詞とは、to と動詞の原形の間に語句が挟 ...... 、現代英語の用法においては分離不定詞は特に禁じられていない。
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"When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split."
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Raymond Chandler, 1947.
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No other grammatical issue has ...... nd it is sure to be mentioned.
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In the English language, a spl ...... e particle and the infinitive.
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Rozdzielny bezokolicznik (ang. ...... a pełny bezokolicznik „to go”.
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Spjälkad infinitiv eller kluve ...... art inte infinitiven spjälkas.
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英語における分離不定詞とは、to と動詞の原形の間に語句が挟 ...... 、現代英語の用法においては分離不定詞は特に禁じられていない。
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Disigita infinitivo
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Getrennter Infinitiv
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Rozdzielny bezokolicznik
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Spjälkad infinitiv
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Split infinitive
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分離不定詞
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