Please tell me which sentence is better in English?

Question

It is not enough simply to know the facts.
It is not enough to simply know the facts.

"simply to know" or "to simply know"? Which of these sounds better?

Answer 1

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The. 2nd one

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Answer 2

This is entirely up to you. In formal writing, it's usually frowned upon to split infinitives, so "simply to know" would be better. But, in informal writing and everyday speech, "to simply know" is completely fine.

Answer 3

It's now considered acceptable to split infinitives, so both sentences are correct.

Answer 4

to simply know is grammatically correct sounds better too !

Answer 5

It's simply not enough to just know the facts.

Answer 6

The second sentence, to simply know the facts.

Answer 7

"To simply"

Answer 8

To simply know.

Answer 9

To simply know the facts

Answer 10

to simply know

Answer 11

the second one