Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Today, I'm gonna get crazy. I said that if people wrote reviews at iTunes. Andrew grammar To those who insist on doing things the way they were done before, or to write and speak the way people spoke before: I hate to say this, but language evolves. We don't speak or write in old or middle English anymore. I doubt those who claimed we've butchered the language want to go back to old English. The meanings of words change. The way the words are used changes. So what if at one point it was incorrect to split an infinitive? Many people do it, and I have to agree that sometimes the infinitive needs to be split, sometimes for no other reason than emphatic emphasis. Just thought I'd add my two cents, which is actually a colloquialism, so that means we shouldn't use it because it's not "correct," right? *sarcasm* http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=20574#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=20574#Comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:42:00 GMT SA grammar It is strange to see your quoting from wikipedia without any other "more credible" sources. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=18592#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=18592#Comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:04:56 GMT alcohol addiction treatment centers grammar Hi all. We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. I am from Iran and too poorly know English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "Finding the right drug and alcohol rehab program is critical for long term.Alcohol and addiction treatment programs." Thank ;) Tobit. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=17078#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=17078#Comments Wed, 20 May 2009 15:40:48 GMT Kate grammar Good with grammar -- not so good with proofreading. Of course, there might be something called "infinities" [next to last sentence, second paragraph). http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16969#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16969#Comments Thu, 14 May 2009 14:09:28 GMT Vidracula grammar well, couldn't the splitting word (in the sentence about steven and amy's cats) just get shoved into the back? eg: Steve decided to move amy's cats quickly. right?....i dont know, i think its a good idea http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16252#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16252#Comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:46:36 GMT nelson grammar A friend mentioned that the expression "to faithfully defend" in the Presiential oath is a split infinitive and that it should be "defend faithfully. is this true? If so shouldn't "solemnly swear be "swear solemnly?" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16188#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=16188#Comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:39:41 GMT Andrew grammar Oops! I meant to write "reasonable to think that the 'rule' in English. . ." http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15714#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15714#Comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:06:18 GMT Andrew grammar Regarding Latin infinitives, while it is true that Latin has some infinitive forms that are made up of two words (I am now having spasms remembering indirect speech in Latin), I think it is reasonable that the "rule" in English was applied by extension from the "atomic" nature (a little joke for those who know Greek) of the Latin present active infinitive, which is one word (just as it it is in French and Italian, the two Romance languages in which I am illiterate). Fun discussion. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15713#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15713#Comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:55:21 GMT snikerdoodle grammar u r my idle!!!!!! http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15635#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15635#Comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:49:24 GMT snikerdoodle grammar this is great piece of information grammar girl byyyye let's have fun next time snikerdoodle out http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15634#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx?commentid=15634#Comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:46:55 GMT Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:42:00 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/split-infinitives.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us