Question 7 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744
An infinitive is split when a word or phrase comes between “to” and the verb. Writers can avoid the split when the sentence is already clear without it, when the split sounds awkward, or when too much information would come between the two parts. Splitting the infinitive to make a sentence stronger or to prevent confusion may be useful, so C and D are not reasons to avoid it.
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