If it means "doing something," shouldn't it be a gerund? — The reason for intentionally using an infinitive as the subject

I think you learned in grammar that an infinitive can be a subject.But when you actually try to write English, don't you ...
Los Angeles Times

A Word, Please: Split infinitives: the mistaken rule with a catchy name

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 ...

Pole Pole English Reading Comprehension Process 50: 'Infinitive Part 1: The Full Picture of the Infinitive' (No. 72)

After gerunds comes the infinitive. It is finally time for the "king of verbals" to make its appearance.🔖 The Reality of ...
VOA Learning English

Getting to Know Gerunds and Infinitives

The code has been copied to your clipboard. The URL has been copied to your clipboard It is difficult for English learners to know whether to use a gerund or an infinitive after a verb. Here’s an ...
The Punch on MSN

How to avoid faulty parallelism

There is an error in each of the following sentences. Let’s quickly study them and identify the problems. She sells oranges, mangoes and apple. We enjoyed eating, swimming and to play table tennis.
VOA Learning English

A Common Form: Be + Adjective + Infinitive

On a recent Everyday Grammar program, we talked about the phrase “be willing to.” For example, you might say, “She was willing to travel during the rainy season.” The adjective “willing” belongs to a ...
The Economist

The ban on split infinitives is an idea whose time never came

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW was once so angry with a subeditor that he complained to the newspaper. “I ask you, sir,” Shaw wrote, “to put this man out.” The cause of his fury? The editor had insisted on ...