Antedating of "Split Infinitive"

[Shapiro, Fred]

split infinitive (OED 1897)

1890 _Scots Observer_ 13 Sept. 439 (British Periodicals Collection)  The split infinitive ('to solemnly curse') is a captain jewel in the carcanet.


Fred Shapiro



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