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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

phrase use

Is it correct to use ‘in helping me’ this way?

Thanks for your time/effort ‘in helping me’.

Thanks.
  

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No. It sounds truncated. Can you elaborate a bit?

— Teechr

  • No.
  • It sounds truncated.
  • Can you elaborate a bit?
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No. It sounds truncated.
Can you elaborate a bit?
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teechrNo. It sounds truncated.
Thanks for replying!
teechrCan you elaborate a bit?
Elaborate on what? I just wanted to know if it was possible to use ‘in helping me’ at the end of this sentence. How about?:

"thanks for taking the time to help me"
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