Split Infinitive Definition and Examples

A split infinitive is a sentence with an adverb or other words interposed between the to and the verbal.

Transitive and Intransitive verbs

A verb is Transitive, if the action does not stop with the doer, but passes from the doer to something else.

Non progressive verbs

Some verbs are not normally used in the progressive (also known as the 'continuous') forms.

1. Verbs describing mental states: believe, doubt, expect, feel (=think or have an opinion), forget, guess, imagine, intend, know, mean, perceive, realize, recall, recognize, recollect, regard, remember, see (=understand), suppose, think (=be of the opinion, have an opinion), trust, understand.