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Definition: A construction in which one or more words come between the infinitive marker to and the verb (as in  to boldly go where no man has gone before). A split infinitive is sometimes regarded as a type of tmesis.I think the evidence is conclusive enough, says editor Norman Lewis: it is perfectly correct to consciously split an infinitive whenever such an act increases the strength or clarity of your sentence (Word Power Made Easy, 1991). split infinitive is sometimes regarded as a type of tmesis. I think the evidence is conclusive enough, says editor Norman Lewis: it is perfectly correct to consciously split an infinitive whenever such an act increases the strength or clarity of your sentence (Word Power Made Easy, 1991).
Infinitives split by multi-word phrases (compound split infinitives) and those split by pronouns are demonstrably less usual than the straightforward example of an infinitive split by an adverb. Likewise, split infinitives are far more common in speech and informal writing than in academic writing.sually, it is the interrupting adverb or adverbial phrase which comes between to and the verb. 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 splits the infinitive to go.