infinitive
noun
infin.
infinitives
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pluralof infinitive.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Anne Carson says: “You can never know enough, never work enough, never use the infinitives and participles oddly enough, never impede the movement harshly enough, never leave the mind quickly enough.”
From Slate ● May 15, 2019
English teachers were once satisfied if they could prevent their pupils from splitting infinitives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2015
In that language, infinitives were an unsplittable single word: to split is dilaminare.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
And English verb forms, like past participles, gerunds and infinitives, can be difficult to master, since Chinese verbs are unchanging.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2012
Owners’ manuals, you’ll notice, are chock-full of dangling infinitives.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
