I'm old-fashioned this way, but split infinitives are like nails on chalk to me. I try to avoid using adverbs, but if an adverb is necessary, I try to place it

I'm old-fashioned this way, but split infinitives are like nails on chalk to me. I try to avoid using adverbs, but if an adverb is necessary, I try to place it after the verb it is modifying, not before. Another recent habit is the infinitive split with a negative: "I asked him to not do that any more," rather than: "I asked him not to do that any more." An unsplit negative can sometimes lead readers down a garden path, but that usually indicates a need to rethink the sentence, for example to reframe it without a negative: "I asked him to stop doing that."