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Okay, maybe some of you didn't get the thing on split infinitives so let me explain. A split infinitive occurs when an adverb or adverbial phrase is placed between to and the verb. The infinitive is the part of the verb expressed by "to," as in "to move" or "to think." A split infinitive is such an expression with a word or phrase interposed between the "to" and the verb, as in "to reluctantly move" or "to quickly think." To put it into the simplest definition possible, let's state it as the obvious and say that a split infinitive is an infinitive that can be split.