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# 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.
(, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 11:09, archived)
# Ha ha, indeed.
(, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 13:32, archived)