I never said there was anything wrong with split infinitives.

We got into a lengthy debate on infinitives one time, I remember.

The processes are the same both for simple and complex infinitives.

The Times has about two dozen split infinitives every day."

However some languages do not have any forms identifiable as infinitives.

Another verb which can take both infinitives is know.

Infinitives are also used in some compound tenses (see below).

Other boxes are for comments, verb infinitives and root words.

Many of those who avoid split infinitives differentiate according to type and register.

Split infinitives are the perfect example of where worlds collide.

In all Romance languages, infinitives can also be used as nouns.

Gerunds and infinitives can follow certain verbs but not others.

To express time relationships, here are 6 types of infinitives:

This differs from English verbs, which are identified by their infinitives.

There are also four other infinitives, plus a "long" form of the first:

Split infinitives are the invention of the Latin lot.

Bush also commonly removes the "to" from infinitives, as with "in order promote the peace."

Star Trek is the series made split infinitives famous.

Nevertheless, many teachers of English still admonish students against using split infinitives in writing.

We simply don't split infinitives: there is no need.

In this use, the ablative can also be used with infinitives and participles.

"OK, but only in the event of split infinitives."

The ban on splitting infinitives was firmly planted in the popular imagination.

Since this arises in a great many examples with help, one might well wonder whether the two infinitives do express different meanings here.

Many times, the infinitive form is the same as the present tense.

It can be used for the infinitive and the future aspect.

These differ from each other in all forms but the infinitive.

There is one major difference however between the above sentences and the infinitive of result.

The use of the infinitive after see is not an isolated case moreover.

The infinitive shows agreement in number with the controlling subject.

The infinitive without the article is separated into two categories.

It serves as the form for both the infinitive and the imperative.

Here the student is provided with the infinitive, either in isolation or as a part of a sentence.

This is the totally regular class, with the infinitive being the only principal part.

Given this shift, the appearance of to before the infinitive is not surprising.

This implies that the to preceding the infinitive has meaning.

This is done, by adding de on the infinitive.

This form is also the infinitive in both languages.

This class is divided in two groups according to the infinitive stem (1.

It is the same as the infinitive (without to).

This condition/consequence relation between know and the infinitive is what calls for the use of to.

The verb alone represents the present tense and the infinitive.

When the subjects are different, the subject of the infinitive is in the accusative case.

On this approach, the object forms a constituent with the infinitive to its right.

In English, there are two main forms of the infinitive:

However, this division ignores the formation of the infinitive stem.

It depends on the verb if the infinitive is in the strong or weak form.

There's a split in the infinitive from to have to have been to will be.

In the usual description of English, the basic form, with or without the particle to, is the infinitive.

The expressions would rather and it's time can also be followed by a to-infinitive.

The bare infinitive and the to-infinitive have a variety of uses in English.

In English this can be done with the to-infinitive and with the gerund.

They govern a bare infinitive (or to-infinitive in the case of ought and used).

(However it is not normally used in this way as a to-infinitive: Have you put the shelf up?

The to-infinitive consists of the bare infinitive introduced by the particle to.

(but passive voice: I was made to laugh; see under to-infinitive below)

As second or sole complement of the verb help (the to-infinitive can also be used):

When the verb is implied, the to-infinitive may be reduced to simply to: "Do I have to?"

Some catenative verbs are followed by a to-infinitive: "He agreed to work on Saturday"

One such type found in Latin is the supine, which corresponds to certain uses of the English to-infinitive.

It is followed by the infinitive (that is, the full expression consists of the verb used plus the to-infinitive).

Some catenative verbs may be followed either by a bare infinitive or by a to-infinitive:

Adverbially, to express purpose, intent or result - the to-infinitive can have the meaning of "in order to ...".

The construction called double passive can arise when one verb appears in the to-infinitive as the complement of another verb.

(an infinitival clause using the English to-infinitive)

The construction with a finite form of the copula verb be together with the to-infinitive, e.g., "John is to leave tonight".

Like the -ing suffix, the to-infinitive spread historically from a narrow original use, a prepositional phrase referring to future time.

Certainly we find that the English to-infinitive is far less flexible syntactically, semantically and functionally than its German counterpart.

Note, however, that the to-infinitive of Hebrew is not the dictionary form; that is the third person singular perfect form.

The base form is also called the bare infinitive; another common way of referring to verbs is to use the to-infinitive, e.g. "to exist".

The form without to is called the bare infinitive, and the form with to is called the full infinitive or to-infinitive.

The going-to future construction consists of the subject, a form of the copula verb be, the word going, and the to-infinitive of the main verb.

In English grammar, the term "supine" is sometimes used to refer to the to-infinitive, in sentences like "To err is human; to forgive divine."

(The term supine is also used in various ways in descriptions of other languages; the English to-infinitive is sometimes referred to as the supine.)