Plural of infinitive
regular plural
The plural of infinitive is infinitives.
Forms of infinitive
| Singular | infinitive /ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | infinitives |
| Countable | countable |
Infinitives in a sentence
- The ban on splitting infinitives is fuddy-duddery, pure and simple.From the entry fuddy-duddery
- There has been the war against split infinitives, over-capitalization, under-punctuation, spelling errors, and misplaced modifiers.1970 October 25, Art Christen, “Offbeat”, in Springfield News-Sun, volume 43, number 16, Springfield, Ohio, page 4 B. From the entry under-punctuation
- Now if you’re one of them prescriptivists, I’m gonna free you of five nonrules: Nonrule 1: Never split infinitives.2023, Stephen Wilbers, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence, John Wiley &…. From the entry nonrule
- Their objects are partitive except in Finnish, where there is one accusative object of an inessive infinitive and two of adessive infinitives.2015, Aet Lees, Case Alternations in Five Finnic Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Karelian, Livonian and Veps, BRILL, →ISBN, page 272. From the entry inessive
- Such fetishes as insisting on It's I, not ending sentences with prepositions, and avoiding split infinitives are all dismissed as the nonsense they are.2001, R[obert] L[awrence] Trask, “Introduction”, in Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English (Penguin Reference…. From the entry split infinitive
Meaning of infinitive
- noun The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
- noun A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
- noun A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
Questions about the plural of infinitive
- What is the plural of infinitive?
- The plural of infinitive is infinitives.
- Is infinitive countable?
- Infinitive is a countable noun.
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