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The sentence is correctly constructed:To improperly place modification in an infinitive phrase produces an awkward construction. True or False?
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. You shouldn't split your infinitives unless necessary for grammatical reasons, while splitting them to add a modification in the middle creates a weird, awkward sentence.
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