English isn't Latin. Latin infinitives are one word — impossible to split. That observation, led some pointy-headed grammarians to erroneously deduce that English infinitives should not be split either. However, English is not Latin —it's not even a Romance language. It's possible to effortlessly split English infinitives, because they're composed of two words. Therefore, feel free to boldly split infinitives, where no man has done so before.
No, USFriend, I shall NOT split an infinitive.
The nuns told me never to do that.
Ya know, when I sent this post, I said to a friend, someone will reply with a lengthy explanation of why I am wrong.
I appreciate your trying to dissuade me, but NO splits.
My background is closer to Latin and Romance anyway, so others with same might feel the same.