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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Question! Usage of "aid" in sentence (from Korea)

0Hello, I'm a Korean (south Korea) studying for TOEIC test. 02br
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00In an online course, the teacher said that a verb of "aid" can not 02br
00take an objective complement of "To+Verb" with an objective 02br
00of a person. I mean, this kind of sentence is wrong in grammar _ he told. 02br
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00Actually, the test question was to select an appropriate verb in the blank,02br
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00Q. My supervisor will 01u01b00(blank)02b02u00 you to complete all of your work. 02br
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00and the correct answer was "advise". (of course I chose right answer 02br
00because I thought that "aid" means to support from a person in lower level 02br
00or to assist which does not match with the subject of "a supervisor".) 02br
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00However, the teacher's saying was different as I wrote above. 02br
00I found the verb "aid" in Collins Cobuild English dictionary, and there was 02br
00some cases of use - but I could not find one formed " S + aid + someone 02br
00+ to + Verb". I also found an Korean online English dictionary , and 02br
00there were some example sentences like these ; 02br
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00e.g. 1. She aided me to finish the work.02br
00 2. Aid a country to stand on its own feet. 02br
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00So, is it OK to use "aid" as an answer for the test question above02br
00(My supervisor will 01u01b00(aid)02b02u00 you to complete all of your work) ?02br
00I've heard that Collins dictionary takes almost of its sentences 02br
00in British English - I'm not sure it is true -, then in American 02br
00English is it correct to use as above? Or, still does "aid" can not 02br
00be used in any case with an objective of person taking an 02br
00objective complement of "to + Verb" ? 02br
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00I'm so confused and hopefully anyone of you can help me to 02br
00find the truth about the "aid" - *^^* 02br
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00Thanks a lot for your being here 050010id1
  

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1i 00Aid to do02i 00 and01i 00 aid in doing02i 00 are both OK in BrE, according to the BBI Dictionary. 0-

  • 1i 00Aid to do02i 00 and01i 00 aid in doing02i 00 are both OK in BrE, according to the BBI Dictionary.
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1i00Aid to do02i00 and01i00 aid in doing02i00 are both OK in BrE, according to the BBI Dictionary. As an AmE, 01i00aid to do02i00 sounds odd, so perhaps it is a trans-Atlantic difference.0-

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