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split an infini·tive

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  1. split an infinitiveverb

    To produce a split infinitive.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of split an infinitive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of split an infinitive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of split an infinitive in a Sentence

  1. Raymond Chandler:

    Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and that when I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split, and when I interrupt the velvety smoothness of my more or less literate syntax with a few sudden words of bar-room vernacular, that is done with the eyes wide open and the mind relaxed but attentive.

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