Avoiding Split Infinitives Answers
One way to rearrange
each sentence is suggested. Other versions are also possible.
Directions:
Underline the words that split the infinitives in the
sentences below. Then draw slash (/)
to show one place to which the underlined word could be moved.
Example:
Insect repellents discourage insects, but they’re not /
able to actually kill them.
1.
Good soup does not / need to necessarily be expensive.
2.
Antonina / hopes to definitely take advantage of the ten dollar
discount offered at Hair You Are this week.
3.
When Kay / went to finally get her pendant appraised, she found
out that it was worth only fifteen dollars.
4.
To safely roller skate /, a skater should wear knee pads, elbow
pads, and a helmet.
5.
Luis plans to immediately fly to Puerto Rico
/ after final exams are over.
6.
The new management’s main policies are to severely cut salaries
of middle managers / and to take more marketing risks.
7.
A housefly is / able to sometimes live for seventy-six days.
8.
An eighteen-wheeler truck is mounted on a fuel tower to dramatically advertise
Eddie’s Quick Stop Truckers’ Heaven / .
9.
Several new magazines are designed to directly appeal / to
African-American readers.
10. Legal ethics require a lawyer / to immediately report the unethical actions of another lawyer.