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by ColinWright 5388 days ago
That sounds awful to me. Much better:

  I was hoping to finish the project completely
  before the teacher called on me.
I agree that sometimes splitting infinitives sound better, but it happens less often than most people think, and to my ear, this is certainly not one of the cases.
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   I was hoping to finish the project before the teacher called on me.
the completely doesn't even need to be there