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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Is it a complete sentence?

Hi, I am not sure if this sentence makes sense and it is grammatically correct.

Here it says," Administration and Research Department of the County Government also says the webste uses modular web page concept to help maintenance staff cut down the time and the cost of maintaining a website."

or Should it be," help maintenance staff to cut down the time..."?

In short, when do we use "help to do something" and "help do something"?

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The Administration and Research Department of the County Government also says the website uses a modular web page concept to help maintenance staff cut down the time and cost of maintaining the website. The sentence is complete and grammatically correct as amended. 'To' is optional between 'help' and an infinitive.

— Mister Micawber

  • The Administration and Research Department of the County Government also says the website uses a modular web page concept to help maintenance staff cut down the time and cost of maintaining the website.
  • The sentence is complete and grammatically correct as amended.
  • 'To' is optional between 'help' and an infinitive.
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The Administration and Research Department of the County Government also says the website uses a modular web page concept to help maintenance staff cut down the time and cost of maintaining the website.

The sentence is complete and grammatically correct as amended. 'To' is optional between 'help' and an infinitive.
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how come "cost" does not have a particle "the" in front of it? can one "the" be shared by time and cost? Or is it because cost is not countable?

thanks!
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Yes, the article (not 'particle') is shared.
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