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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Raymond Thornton Chandler
Split
Stays
Splits
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Infinitive

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