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Mellon Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Questions on these two short sentences
Which one is correct between the following two sentences? and why?
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Are they both ok??? If it is so, what's the difference??
1. It helped sell her album.
2. It helped selling her album.
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Are they both ok??? If it is so, what's the difference??
1. It helped sell her album.
2. It helped selling her album.
Top answer
#1 is correct, but not #2. Help is a "catenative" verb. That's a fancy name for a verb that can be followed by another verb.
- #1 is correct, but not #2.
- Help is a "catenative" verb.
- That's a fancy name for a verb that can be followed by another verb.
- Some of these verbs are followed by a "bare" infinitive form, some by an to+infinitive, some by a gerund.
- Help is followed by the bare infinitive or by to+infinitive.
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#1 is correct, but not #2.
Help is a "catenative" verb. That's a fancy name for a verb that can be followed by another verb. Some of these verbs are followed by a "bare" infinitive form, some by an to+infinitive, some by a gerund.
Help is followed by the bare infinitive or by to+infinitive.
She helped clean the room.
She helped to clean the room.
Help is a "catenative" verb. That's a fancy name for a verb that can be followed by another verb. Some of these verbs are followed by a "bare" infinitive form, some by an to+infinitive, some by a gerund.
Help is followed by the bare infinitive or by to+infinitive.
She helped clean the room.
She helped to clean the room.
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