Great writers—including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne and Wordsworth—have been inserting adverbs between “to” and infinitives since the 1200s. Where did these phony rules originate ...

DON’T SPLIT INFINITIVES. The rule says nothing should ... But the placement of the adverb is more a matter of style than grammar, and often the split sounds way better. Almost all style guides ...

He wants to know when to use the gerund (doing) and when to use the infinitive (to do). 1. After a preposition, we use the gerund. The prepositions can come after an adjective, after a verb or at ...