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split infinitive

English grammatical construction in which a word or phrase (usually adverb or adverbial phrase) comes between the to and the bare infinitive of the to form of the infinitive verb; e.g. “to boldly go”; “to more than double”
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split infinitive

Summary

split infinitive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • split infinitive's subclass of is recorded as word combination[2].
  • split infinitive's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/074zx[3].
  • split infinitive's spoken text audio is recorded as Split infinitive.ogg[4].
  • split infinitive's facet of is recorded as English[5].
  • split infinitive's facet of is recorded as infinitive in English[6].
  • split infinitive's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 84983115[7].
  • split infinitive's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 06328100-n[8].

Why It Matters

split infinitive ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). split infinitive. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/split-infinitive
MLA “split infinitive.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/split-infinitive.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_split-infinitive_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{split infinitive}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/split-infinitive}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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