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Infinit-ive

Cherry

By Ewan

Tue, 16 Jun 2026
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To boldly split the infinitive

provides us infinite fun

and although some things are finite,

there's always the eternal pun.

For some the indefinite article 

is a thing they cannot abide

a thing that is indefinible 

can't be identified.

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