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Stenka25 Posted 19 years ago
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Down helps to give vs. Down helps give

0 I want to ask you natives the difference between the following two sentences.02br
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00Can you tell me?02br
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00Down00 helps 01u01b00to02b02u00 give the idea that something falls to the ground or is forced to the ground during the process. 02br
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00Down00 helps give the idea that something falls to the ground or is forced to the ground during the process. 0-
  

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0The01i01b00 to02b02i00 is optional, that is all.0-
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0 Yes, optional, but it seems that 01b00to02b00 is preferred by a large margin:02br
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00 Google hits:02br
00 4,880 for "helps give the idea"02br
00 110,000 for "helps to give the idea"0-
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0Interesting and a little surprising, Marius. I suppose the 'to' is becoming old-fashioned. But I still don't understand Ms Google. I get:02br
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00 01b005,62002b00 01b00English02b00 pages for 01b00 "05000 to 05100 05200"02br
02b001000 01b00English02b
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