Thou Shalt Not Split...? : A Corpus-Based Study on Split Infinitives in American English
This essay aims to shed light on the prevalence of the to + adverb + verb and to not + verb split infinitives in American English, both in a historical perspective and in present day usage, and how it varies in different contexts where different levels of formality are expected. Although students ar...
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Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation
2015
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-25940 |