Not splitting infinitives comes from Latin
where the infinitive is one word so can't be split anyway.
There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't split inifinitives in English, although it's often somewhat ugly and so best avoided on that basis, it also sometimes aids clarity.
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There's absolutely no reason you shouldn't split inifinitives in English, although it's often somewhat ugly and so best avoided on that basis, it also sometimes aids clarity.