When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it…

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

— Raymond Chandler

Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of…

— Raymond Chandler

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…

— Richard Lederer

Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative form. Proofread carefully to…

— William Safire

Each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I blister.

— Sonia Sotomayor

Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much…

— Steven Pinker

English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin - a…

— Bill Bryson

There is no reason why we shouldn't be able to split an infinitive, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel…

— Bill Bryson

“Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.”

— R. Curtis Venture

“You’re totally wrong!” Rakoff cried. He explained that the rule against split infinitives was just a bizarre invention by some pedants in the late…

— Jesse Eisinger

I am the androgyne, I am the living mind you fail to describe in your dead language the lost noun, the verb surviving only…

— Adrienne Rich

This was not the old Chichikov. This was some wreckage of the old Chichikov. The inner state of his soul might be compared to…

— Nikolai Gogol

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.

— Bill Bryson

“Always, I liked the infinitive 'to go.' Let's go, let's go. let's really go. 'Andare' was the first verb I learned to conjugate in…

— Frances Mayes

There is nothing finer in the world than the telling of tales. Split atoms if you wish, but splitting an infinitive-and getting away with…

— Greg Bear