Split Infinitives

>>8890217
pretty cool, especially in your pic

They are good if they sound "correct". The OP image is an example of a good split infinitive.

Use them with rarity and specificity, and you will be fine.

>>8890217
it's beautiful, but never used in everyday conversations, so using it is like stylizing literature as literature.

>>8890217
Can someone define them for me because I always think I know and then I see one and I forget

>>8890411

>In the English language, a split infinitive or cleft infinitive is a grammatical construction in which a word or phrase comes between the "to" and the bare infinitive of the "to" form of the infinitive verb. Usually an adverb or adverbial phrase comes between them.

>A well-known example occurs in the opening sequence of the Star Trek television series: "to boldly go where no man has gone before"; the adverb "boldly" is said to split the infinitive "to go". Sometimes more than one word splits the infinitive, as in: "The population is expected to more than double in the next ten years".

>In the 19th century, some grammatical authorities sought to introduce a prescriptive rule against the split infinitive. The construction is still the subject of disagreement, though modern English usage guides have dropped the objection to it.

>>8890217
tfw to intelligent to split infinitives

>>8890602
>to intelligent