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split infinitive

 noun
     
Related topics: Grammar
split infinitive [countable]
SLG a phrase in which you put an adverb or other word between 'to' and a verb, as in 'to easily win'. Some people think this is incorrect English.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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