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1.1     ! root        1: # NOTICE-NOT TO BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE BELL SYS EXCEPT UNDER WRITTEN AGRMT
        !             2: for i in $*
        !             3:        do case $i in
        !             4:                -ver) echo $0 version 2.0;exit;;
        !             5:                -flags) echo $0 \[-flags\] \[-ver\];exit;;
        !             6:                -*) echo unknown splitrules flag $i;exit;;
        !             7:                 *) echo splitrules takes no files;shift;continue;;
        !             8:        esac
        !             9: done
        !            10: cat << !
        !            11:      An infinitive is a verb form that contains the word "to."
        !            12: Examples include:
        !            13: 
        !            14:  1.  to make
        !            15: 
        !            16:  2.  to pursue
        !            17: 
        !            18:  3.  to eat
        !            19: 
        !            20:  4.  to be going.
        !            21: 
        !            22:      An infinitive is said to be split when a word or phrase
        !            23: occurs between "to" and the verb.  Possible split infinitives
        !            24: include:
        !            25: 
        !            26:  1.  to often make
        !            27: 
        !            28:  2.  to quickly pursue
        !            29: 
        !            30:  3.  to immediately eat
        !            31: 
        !            32:  4.  to soon be going
        !            33: 
        !            34:      There is nothing ungrammatical about split infinitives; usu-
        !            35: ally, however, they are awkward.  If the meaning of the phrase is
        !            36: clear without the split infinitive, by all means don't use it.
        !            37: 
        !            38:      There are cases, however, where the meaning is not clear
        !            39: unless the infinitive is split.  For example a and b do not mean
        !            40: the same as c.
        !            41: 
        !            42:  a.  Really to understand calculus, you must do the exercises.
        !            43: 
        !            44:  b.  To understand calculus really, you must do the exercises.
        !            45: 
        !            46:  c.  To really understand calculus, you must do the exercises.
        !            47: 
        !            48:      In such cases, many grammarians will tell you it is accept-
        !            49: able to use the split infinitive.  It is usually possible, how-
        !            50: ever, to change the form of the sentence as in examples d and e,
        !            51: and keep some readers from downgrading you.
        !            52: 
        !            53:  d.  Really understanding calculus, requires your doing the exer-
        !            54: cises.
        !            55: 
        !            56:  e.  To understand calculus fully, you must do the exercises.
        !            57: 
        !            58: 
        !            59: !

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