Help + Verb
"Leonard Leo, a longtime leader of the Federalist Society and its former executive vice president, said the effort to put Judge Barrett “in play” had helped to further familiarize conservatives with her and consolidate their support — ultimately making a spontaneous nomination one sure to secure enough votes."
Hi, I have questions again.
First question is "helped to further familiarize". As far as I know, 'help' doesn't need to infinitive, but just the verb itself. Here, as I understand, 'further' is an adverb, and when it is removed, it is "helped to familiarize", which seems not correct grammatically.
Second question is the meaning of "one" in the later part. I don't get what the one means there.
Thank you all very very much!!!
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fort lee First question is "helped to further familiarize". As far as I know, 'help' doesn't need to infinitive, but just the verb itself. help doesn't need a full infinitive, but it's a correct alternative.
- fort lee First question is "helped to further familiarize".
- As far as I know, 'help' doesn't need to infinitive, but just the verb itself.
- help doesn't need a full infinitive, but it's a correct alternative.
- help is a somewhat unusual verb in that way.
- helped familiarize OR helped to familiarize .
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fort leeFirst question is "helped to further familiarize". As far as I know, 'help' doesn't need to infinitive, but just the verb itself.
help doesn't need a full infinitive, but it's a correct alternative. help is a somewhat unusual verb in that way.
helped familiarize OR helped to familiarize. Both are OK.
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