We do not have to contend with pluperfect subjunctives, gerundial infinitives and past perfect continuouses. Of course, the injunctions against splitting infinitives are still occasionally touted ...

Prohibitions on split infinitives, stranded prepositions, dangling modifiers, fused participles and the whole dismal catechism of the sticklers have absolutely no effect on prose except to clog it ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. With infinitives you can either attach the object pronoun to the end of the infinitive or put it before the first ...

An "infinitive" in English is a verb preceded by the word to, as in to study. Many English verbs can be followed by a grammatical structure that contains an infinitive and is known as an "infinitive ...

The persistence of the “rule” is the true curiosity. One explanation is that, like the dangling participle, the split infinitive has a catchy name, making the rule easy to pass on. Another is ...