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Nithila Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Can i change like this?helped pulling and helped to pull

1b00Mr Busa helped pull the young woman out of the wreckage. He said she was able to move and speak but was badly shaken.02b02br
00 This text from the BBC news. 02br
00can i cahage the sentence like " 01ol
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  1. 01b00Mr Busa 01font00helped pulling02font00 the young woman out of the wreckage. He said she was able to move and speak but was badly shaken.02b02li
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  2. 01b00Mr Busa 01font00helped to pull02font00 the young woman out of the wreckage. He said she was able to move and speak but was badly shaken.02b02li
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00if not what are the reason for the incorrectness ?02br
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00please help me . i'm very begineer English language. 0-
  

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0 After the verb 01i00help02i00, you can use the full infinitive or the bare infinitive.02br
01i00helped to pull 02i00or01i00 helped pull.02i02br
00But not 01i00helped pulling02i00.02br
00The only reason is that these are the rules for the grammar of the verb 01i00he
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0 thanks a lot CalifJim............02br
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00i strongly thought this sentence pattern like this. 02br
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00Helped pulling = verb + -ing.02br
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00 1. Ian suggested going to the cinema. 02br
00 2. Mr Busa helped pulling the young woman.02br
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00above two sentences h
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