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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

HELP or HELPS

People that help out around the house, when you have more than one, is it still help or helps?
The help is nice.
The helps are nice.

Thank you
  

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In the UK we wouldn't say helps. We may have home helps but never helps. Helps is too AmE for us.

— Dave Phillips

  • In the UK we wouldn't say helps.
  • We may have home helps but never helps.
  • Helps is too AmE for us.
  • I guess that's your normal dialect so it's best for a AmE speaker to reply.
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In the UK we wouldn't say helps. We may have home helps but never helps. Helps is too AmE for us. I guess that's your normal dialect so it's best for a AmE speaker to reply.
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No, we would not say "the helps."
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