Saturday, December 10, 2011

Split Infinitives

Split infinitives are formed when an adverb is placed between to and a verb. Some people thought that they were grammatically incorrect that's why they would rewrite the sentence. As they rewrite the sentence, they change the emphasis and thought of the sentence. The question now would be to avoid split infinitives or not. Some says that one should avoid them in formal writing, but it depends.

Here's the link:
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15 comments:

  1. Jaymico ReyesDecember 10, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    Split infinitives is quite a hard topic to talk about. Nevertheless, we should just take care of placing the adverb and its object modified.

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  2. kyle pascualDecember 10, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    It says in the link that, it is safest to avoid split infinitives. Thank you for sharing this information.

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  3. juancarlowageDecember 10, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    In your second sentence, we do not use "that's" in formal writing, instead we use "that is".

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  4. Christina CarpioDecember 10, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    It is very confusing where to put the adverbs in the sentence.

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  5. Angenica F. MartirezDecember 11, 2011 at 6:10 AM

    "Some say that one should avoid them in formal writing, but it depends" (last sentence).

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  6. mj riveraDecember 11, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    I believe split infinitives could add emphasis and flavor to an idea; however, it was said on the link that it is safer to avoid such.

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  7. Kenneth Casey M. TapnioDecember 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    "Some people thought that they were grammatically incorrect that's why they would rewrite the sentence."

    "Some people think that they are grammatically incorrect that's why they would rewrite the sentence."

    Follow the tense you used in your first sentence.

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  8. Kenneth Casey M. TapnioDecember 12, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    Kyle,

    "It says in the link that, it is safest to avoid split infinitives."

    Revised:
    "It says in the link that the safest way to avoid errors is to avoid split infinitives."

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  9. Limor Kristine TengDecember 12, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    Split infinitives are difficult to use. Thanks for sharing this one! :)

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  10. AtanDecember 12, 2011 at 6:05 AM

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  11. AtanDecember 12, 2011 at 6:13 AM

    I like these kinds of posts. They show us how the English language is always changing. Thank you for posting. I was entertained. :)
    By the way, I think your second sentence is a run-on sentence. You could have put "and" between "incorrect" and "that's" or you could have just separated the two sentences with a period.

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  12. charlotte parungaoDecember 12, 2011 at 6:31 AM

    Split infinitives are difficult to use. Yes, it is safe to avoid errors if you will just avoid using it but we also have to try to improve.

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  13. GlennDecember 12, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Yes we can improve in learning from our corrected errors but if the error you committed will be graded then you will have a problem.

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  14. Nikka TolentinoDecember 12, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    We can try no to avoid such split infinitives if we are only familiar on using it. It is better to understand this kind of infinitives because we will gain new learning.

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  15. Darwin D. DesilosDecember 12, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Come on, people just tend to be perfectionist. There is no problem whether it is split or not. What is important is that we understand what the speaker is saying.

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