When you look up a verb in the dictionary you find the infinitive form.‎ In English it’s made up of two words: to swim. ‎ But in French it’s just one, nager. ‎ And if you want to say something more ...

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Reader Don in Los Angeles County wrote recently with a question about a well-known grammar issue called a “split infinitive.” “I learned about them 50 years ago and I am somewhat sensitive about them ...