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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Helped
I helped pick it out.
How come it's not I helped picked it out? Since this sentence is desribing the past shouldn't all the words be in past tense?
How come it's not I helped picked it out? Since this sentence is desribing the past shouldn't all the words be in past tense?
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He helped [to] pick it out. (eliptical infinitive) You could also say 'he helped in picking it out'.
- He helped [to] pick it out.
- (eliptical infinitive) You could also say 'he helped in picking it out'.
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He helped [to] pick it out. (eliptical infinitive)
You could also say 'he helped in picking it out'.
You could also say 'he helped in picking it out'.
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