0
Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
help vs aid
Can someone tell me the difference between HELP and AID and when to use each other?!
thanks a lot
thanks a lot
Top answer
Kekel Can someone tell me the difference between HELP and AID and when to use each other?! thanks a lot There might be some contexts where one would be preferable over the other. Off hand, I'd say they're about the same.
- Kekel Can someone tell me the difference between HELP and AID and when to use each other?!
- thanks a lot There might be some contexts where one would be preferable over the other.
- Off hand, I'd say they're about the same.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
5 Answers
0
KekelCan someone tell me the difference between HELP and AID and when to use each other?!There might be some contexts where one would be preferable over the other. Off hand, I'd say they're about the same.
thanks a lot
00
Kekel, are you considering HELP and AID as nouns or verbs?
As verbs, they are used differently -- you help someone do something, but you aid someone in doing something.
I think "help" is much more common in conversation -- "Could you help me open this jar?" "Thanks for all your help -- I couldn't have done it without you." I would not use "aid" in either of these examp
As verbs, they are used differently -- you help someone do something, but you aid someone in doing something.
I think "help" is much more common in conversation -- "Could you help me open this jar?" "Thanks for all your help -- I couldn't have done it without you." I would not use "aid" in either of these examp
00
Nothing specific, Khoff. I was just wondering!!
thanks very much, it was very veeeeeeery helpful (not aidful
)
thanks very much, it was very veeeeeeery helpful (not aidful
)00
Hello,
As to "aid," I was wondering we should use "user aid" or "user aide," which is a kind of guidance for users. Tks!
As to "aid," I was wondering we should use "user aid" or "user aide," which is a kind of guidance for users. Tks!
00
Just to mention a context where aid is right and meaningful, and help will be completely exotic: equitation. A rider communicates with his horse by aids, never by "helps".
PS: I came here just searching for exact meaning of English word "aid" for its importance in equitation; Italian ancient term "aiuto" for "aid" in equitation is puzzling, I presume that original significan
PS: I came here just searching for exact meaning of English word "aid" for its importance in equitation; Italian ancient term "aiuto" for "aid" in equitation is puzzling, I presume that original significan
0
Related Questions