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Vsuresh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

helping us getting

Hi Please tell me if the underlined portion is OK.

Thank you for helping us getting the new book so soon.
  

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Thank you GPY.

I think this is fine:

Thank you for helping us in getting the new book so soon.
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vsureshThank you GPY.I think this is fine:Thank you for helping us in getting the new book so soon.
For me, this is not very satisfactory. For one thing, it is not very clear who actually got the book. The usual phrasing is that you help someone do something, or help someone to do something (these are interchangeable in meaning).
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Thank you for your comments, GPY.

The person has bought me a book much earlier than it was expected.
I want to thank the person for that.


Please tell me if it sounds OK in this context.
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Thank you for getting me the new book so soon/quickly.
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GPYthis is not very satisfactory. For one thing, it is not very clear who actually got the book.
Just my passing two vents worth....
The original sentence "Thank you for helping us in getting the new book so soon. " is semantically reasonable enough to show the intended meaning and the person saying it indeed knows who got him the book.
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AnonymousThe original sentence "Thank you for helping us in getting the new book so soon. " is semantically reasonable enough to show the intended meaning and the person saying it indeed knows who got him the book.
In practice, I think you will find that "thank you for helping us in verb-ing" is used when "verb-ing" is done by "us" or is done jointly. As I und
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GPYThank you for helping us/me by getting (us/me) the new book so soon.
Sorry, with due respect, "by" doesn't work for me. It could be my ear. If I were to write this thanking sentence, I would sinply say " Thank you for getting the new book for us". This will be the sample scenario in which my neighbood was going to the supermarket and I asked her to help me
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Thank you for anon and GPY for adding more to the sentence I posted.

George helped me in getting the milk

I think this can mean:
a) George was partly involved in the work
b) George did all the work.

I think 'by' is OK here:

Sarah helped Dan by taking her round the place and explaining the importance of every spot.
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