7 bogus grammar 'errors' you don't need to worry about By Ben Yagoda 1. Don't split infinitives The rule against splitting infinitives — that is, putting an adverb between the word to and a verb — was pretty much made up out of whole cloth by early 19-century grammarians, apparently because they felt the proper model for English was Latin, and in Latin, infinitive-splitting is impossible. However, English is not Latin, and infinitives have been profitably split by many great writers, from Hemingway ("But I would come back to where it pleases me to live; to really live") to Gene Rodenberry ("to boldly go where no man has gone before"). It's okay to boldly do it. 2. Don't end a sentence with a preposition The idea that it's wrong to end a sentence with a preposition (from, with , etc.) was invented ...