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Yeah, now that I looked at it again, I agree with pelihu.
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How can you guys not bring up split infinitives? The infinitive of a verb is the "to" version: to eat, to sleep, etc.

in romance languages, the infinitive is one word: manger, dormir, etc.

We sometimes pretend we speak latin in our language, so grammar nazis can get on us about not splitting infinitives, since you can't do it in Latin.

Hence, when you say "to effectively research" you've split the infinitive, which is wrong.

However, there are lots of time when not splitting the infinitive will cahnge the meaning of your sentence.

I'm a rebel. I split them consciously and with glee.
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Is it just your wrist that you hurt, or were you not wearing your helmet either? I can see you now, black eyes, smoke shooting out your ears, screaming about split infinitives. Scary. No wonder that guy ran away from the accident.
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I would avoid adverbs and adjectives as much as possible in formal writing.