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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Help O do VS help O to do

Do these sentences share the completely same meaning?

1)He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.

2)He helped me to climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, Do these sentences share the completely same meaning? 1)He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder. 2)He helped me to climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.

— Clive

  • Hi, Do these sentences share the completely same meaning?
  • 1)He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.
  • 2)He helped me to climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.
  • Yes.
  • The idea of 'prop' tends to suggest rigidity, so the word does not fit well with the idea of beimg in motion.
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Hi,

Do these sentences share the completely same meaning?

1)He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.

2)He helped me to climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder.

Yes.

The idea of 'prop' tends to suggest rigidity, so the word does n
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