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ConscientiousStudent Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
heal or healing
"She was starting to believe her son was dead and wanted his body found to help her and her devastated familiy heal."
I would like to know is the heal* grammatically correct here? I don't think so, since I search on dictionary and it show 'heal' is a verb only. Therefore in order to fit it into this context I believe it should be a *healing* in stead of *heal.
Please feel free to comment on this.
Cheers, Sam
I would like to know is the heal* grammatically correct here? I don't think so, since I search on dictionary and it show 'heal' is a verb only. Therefore in order to fit it into this context I believe it should be a *healing* in stead of *heal.
Please feel free to comment on this.
Cheers, Sam
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The word "heal" here is a verb. She wants her son's body to be found in order to heal her family.
- The word "heal" here is a verb.
- She wants her son's body to be found in order to heal her family.
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The word "heal" here is a verb.
She wants her son's body to be found in order to heal her family.
She wants her son's body to be found in order to heal her family.
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to help her (to) heal (It's correct.) The meaning is something like *to help that she heal or *to help for her to heal. (But it's not expressed in English in these ways.)
Instead, help is followed by a clause with a subject in the object case and a bare or full infinitive.
to help him heal / to help him to heal
to help them sleep / to he
Instead, help is followed by a clause with a subject in the object case and a bare or full infinitive.
to help him heal / to help him to heal
to help them sleep / to he
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