Split Infinitive - Or Not? 1

[MeGustaXL]

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[AnotherHiggins]

Obligatorily is the adverb form of obligatory, right?

Assuming I'm right (and that might be a big assumption) then the sentence, "Note the obligatorily split infinitive." is correct. Split is taken as a verb rather than considering 'split infinitive' as a single term.



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[sleipnir214]

Obligatorily? Interesting. Wouldn't obligatory have done just as well?

The adverbial form, I think, is correct. obligatorialy (an adverb) modifies split (an adjective), which in tern modifies infinitive.



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[Stella740pl]

Obligatorily? Interesting. Wouldn't obligatory have done just as well?

Well, it's a quote from the site linked, not my own words. But I would say, no, it wouldn't. 'Obligatory' is an adjective, and would modify the noun 'infinitive', while 'obligatorily' is an adverb and modifies the adjective 'split'. So it's not 'obligatory infinitive' which is also split (in this case, it probably would have a comma: 'obligatory, split infinitive'), but 'obligatorily split' infinitive.

 

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[SantaMufasa]

I'm cirtinly not triying to seengul you owt, Sleipnir, but I have a kuple of ishyoos with yor choyse uv spelleens:

obligatorialy (an adverb) modifies split (an adjective)

"obligatorialy" works only if you can show me an accepted source for the adjective obligatorial.

...which in tern modifies "infinitive."

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[KenCunningham]

Gee. I just thought 'obligatorily' sounded clumsy, I guess.

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[sleipnir214]

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[jsaxe]

I was taught to never split an infinitive...

...And that a preposition is something you should never end a sentence with.

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[SantaMufasa]

...a preposition is something you should never end a sentence with

That is a rule, up with which I occasionally put.

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[AnotherHiggins]

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I am reminded of the old joke....

Two women find themselves seated next to one another on a crowded flight.

One of them, a southerner, asks the other, "Where y'all from?"

The second woman replies sternly, "A place where they teach us never to end a sentence with a preposition."

The southerner doesn’t skip a beat. "Let me try again. Where y'all from, bi*ch?"
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[Dagon]

As Churchill said, ending sentences with prepositions is a terrible habit and up with it we should not put.

 

[SantaMufasa]

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