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- adjective Not
split ;whole ,undivided .
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Examples
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This is an example from R.L. Trask. (3b) and (3c) unsplit the infinitive, but make it unclear where gradually is attached; is she gradually getting rid of the bears, gradually deciding to get rid of them, or getting rid of bears collected gradually?
Led astray by the no-split-infinitives fetish « Motivated Grammar 2009
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This is an example from R.L. Trask. (3b) and (3c) unsplit the infinitive, but make it unclear where gradually is attached; is she gradually getting rid of the bears, gradually deciding to get rid of them, or getting rid of bears collected gradually?
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Split infinitives are commonly quite beautiful, especially when compared to the often-barbarous sound of an unsplit infinitive.
National Grammar Day 2009: Ten Common Grammar Myths, Debunked « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Likewise, it was established that more dominant, longer, newer information would most likely occur after the particle (leaving the phrasal verb ‘unsplit’), whereas shorter, referential information (like a pronoun referring to something already mentioned or easily implied) would be more likely to occur before the particle (and hence separate the verb from its particle).
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You develop an attachment to people who unsplit your infinitives and undangle your participles.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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Likewise, it was established that more dominant, longer, newer information would most likely occur after the particle (leaving the phrasal verb ‘unsplit’), whereas shorter, referential information (like a pronoun referring to something already mentioned or easily implied) would be more likely to occur before the particle (and hence separate the verb from its particle).
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I adore the brutality of the gratuitously unsplit infinitive.
Archive 2009-05-03 Sean Craven 2009
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I've mentioned this before, but one of my favorite sentences is: "There are some unsplit infinitives up with which I will not put."
Crit List Stardate 2009: It's Not 'To Boldly Go,' It's 'To Go Boldly,' You Semi-Literate Baboon Sean Craven 2009
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I adore the brutality of the gratuitously unsplit infinitive.
Further Bonelands Information, For The Curious Sean Craven 2009
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Contrary to hysterical rebuttals by the likes of Inayat Bunglawala and his cabal of supporters within Labour she speaks with one defiantly single and definitely unsplit tongue.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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