t_ you.
7. Mary was eager _to have gone to go_.
8. Nero was seen _to have fiddled to fiddle_ while Rome burned.
9. Nero is said _to have fiddled to fiddle_ while Rome burned.
10. This was _to be done to have been done_ yesterday.
11. They agreed _to finish to have finished_ it yesterday.
12. He was willing _to sing to have sung_ alone.
13. He expected _to have spoken to speak_ here to-morrow.
14. The Civil War is said _to cause to have caused_ more loss of life
than any other war.
15. Blackstone is said _to have failed to fail_ at the practice of law.
16. It would have been hard _to accomplish to have accomplished_
that result.
17. He was foolish enough _to have spoiled to spoil_ six negatives.
18. I wanted _to have attended to attend_ the convention.
19. It would be terrible _to be lost to have been lost_ in the forest.
20. We were asked _to have waited to wait_.
21. I am eager _to have seen to see it_.
22. I am pleased _to meet to have met_ you.

74. SPLIT INFINITIVES. In the sentence, care should be taken to
avoid as much as possible the inserting of an adverb or an adverbial
modifier between the parts of the infinitive. This error is called
the "split infinitive." Compare the following:

Bad: He seemed _to easily learn_.
Good: He seemed _to learn easily_.

Bad: He is said _to have rapidly run_ along the street.
Good: He is said _to have run rapidly_ along the street.

EXERCISE 55

_Correct the following split infinitives:_

1. She is known to have hurriedly read the note.
2. Mary tried to quickly call help.
3. He was asked to slowly read the next paragraph.
4. John attempted to rudely break into the conversation.
5. The plan was to secretly destroy the documents.
6. His policy was to never offend.
7. He wished to in this way gain friends.
8. He proposed to greatly decrease his son's allowance.

75. AGREEMENT OF VERB IN CLAUSES. In a compound predicate, the
parts of the predicate should agree in tense; PAST TENSE SHOULD
FOLLOW PAST TENSE, AND PERFECT TENSE FOLLOW PERFECT TENSE. Examine
the following:

Wrong: He _has tried_ to do, and really _did_ everything possible
to stop his son.

Right: He _has tried_ to do, and really _has done_ everything possible
to stop his son.

Right: He _tried_ to do, and really _did_ everything possible to
stop his son.

Wrong: I _hoped_ and _have worked_ to gain this recognition.

Right: I _hoped_ and _worked_ to gain th