2. Nonfinite verbs generally do NOT have explicit subjects. Nonfinite verbs include "infinitives" (for example, to see), "gerunds" (for example, seeing), and "participles" (for example, seeing or seen ...

The idea of split infinitives, largely taught during the mid-20th century, can harm the clarity of sentences — and is mistaken about what an infinitive is in the first place.

A Word, Please: It’s not possible to badly split an infinitive. By June Casagrande . Nov. 28, 2014 1:47 PM PT . Facebook; Twitter; Show more sharing options; Share Close extra sharing options.

So for years and years, infinitives were not to be touched, ... Star Trek is mentioned as an acceptable example of how and when to break the rule.

Grammar freaks often freak out about “broken rules.” But most of these examples are simply indicators of a living language that’s in constant flux. Here are 10 “goofs” that are up for ...

They crop up, for example, in “Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight” in the 14th century. The split had declined in the early-modern period. Shakespeare split just one infinitive, the King James ...