“It is indeed acceptable practice to sometimes split an infinitive. If infinitive-splitting makes available just the shade of meaning you desire or if avoiding the separation creates a confusing ambiguity or patent artificiality, you are entitled to happily go ahead and split!” IfsWritingSometimesDesirePracticeAvailableSeparationShadeAcceptableSplitsEntitledAvoidingConfusingAmbiguityPatentsSplittingArtificialityInfinitive Book:Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay Source: Lederer on Language: A Celebration of English, Good Grammar, and Wordplay