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Podcast: The NeoLiberal Round
Episode: Is Splitting the Infinitive Grammatically Correct in Modern English?
Description: I asked Yoan (CHATGPT/AI Assistant): Did I split the infinitive when I entitled a recent Podcast: "How To EFFECTIVELY stop DDOS, Brute Force, Worms, and Other Cyber Attacks?"
Yoan answered: In the sentence "How to effectively stop DDoS and cyber attacks?" there is indeed a split infinitive. A split infinitive occurs when an adverb or other word is placed between "to" and the base form of a verb. In this case, "effectively" splits the infinitive "to stop."
Split infinitives are not considered grammatically incorrect in modern English, and they are often used to add...