Split Infinitive

This, my friends, is an example of the dreaded split infinitive. Some still hold to the notion that the split infinitive is always incorrect.  Many hold that if it can be easily corrected, one should correct the split infinitive. This one is easily corrected. To eat is an infinitive. Because infinitives in other languages are one word and cannot be separated, or split, grammarians contend that we should not interject any word or words within the infinitive. In this case, the words should be written not to eat.