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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Helped to bake

Do I say,

Susan helped her mother to bake.

Susan helped to bake.
  

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Either is okay. But one would normally say what is being baked eg a cake, the dinner etc. And in the first sentence it says who Susan helped, and in the second sentence it does not.

  • Either is okay.
  • But one would normally say what is being baked eg a cake, the dinner etc.
  • And in the first sentence it says who Susan helped, and in the second sentence it does not.
  • So it all depends on what has been said or written beforehand.
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Either is okay. But one would normally say what is being baked eg a cake, the dinner etc. And in the first sentence it says who Susan helped, and in the second sentence it does not. So it all depends on what has been said or written beforehand.
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for me, i think both sentences are incorrect. They all not convey the completed meaning. Am I right?

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