help me VS help me out

It's a subtle difference. The second one suggests that you need less help than the first one. If you were drowning, you might shout "Somebody help me!". If you got tangled up with packing tape trying to wrap a parcel, you might say to your colleagues "Somebody help me out!".

1. hmm... okay, this one comes from LOST - season 1, episode 1, a guy shouts:

Somebody help me! Somebody help me out!

So he is using both "helps" ... do you think that there's any difference here? I'm confused a bit.

2. But if I use "help me" instead of "help me out" even if it's a trival thing, it won't be wrong, will it?

No, it's not a big issue. It's perfectly ok to use either.

In the Lost episode, I suppose he may have been asking for someone to help him to get out of something/somewhere. In any case, it's not obligatory to use one rather than the other - only that the second implies a lower level of help is needed.

ok, thanks a LOT

by the way... are there any mistakes in my posts (in this topic) ?

take care!

Only one very minor error:

I'm confused a bit = I'm a bit confused

Otherwise, all great.

LRR

thanks again Lil' : - )

take care,

One further small explaination

"Help me out!" .... "Polite call for assistance" .... Help me carry something, ... put on my coat, ... translate this message :-)

"Help me!" ... "More emotional" ... I am in danger, scared, annoyed, or angry and I want help.

"Help me get out!" ... You are really stuck in some thing and you can't get out on your own. A locked room, a deep