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Wowenglish Posted 12 years ago
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help

Is there a slight difference in meaning between "1" and "2"?
1. Will you help me (to) do this?
2. Will you help me (in) doing this?
  

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Although they essentially mean the same thing, 1 sounds a lot nicer to me than 2, which requires certain grammatical gymnastics from the listener. d

  • Although they essentially mean the same thing, 1 sounds a lot nicer to me than 2, which requires certain grammatical gymnastics from the listener.
  • d
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Although they essentially mean the same thing, 1 sounds a lot nicer to me than 2, which requires certain grammatical gymnastics from the listener.
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