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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
two verbs. help look
You are among the wo hundred extra staff recruited to help look after them.
why here "help" and "look" stand together without to in their middle, or look is not -ing form?
why here "help" and "look" stand together without to in their middle, or look is not -ing form?
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Help is a catenative verb. That means other verbs can follow it. For help , these following verbs can be the bare infinitive or the to-infinitive.
- Help is a catenative verb.
- That means other verbs can follow it.
- For help , these following verbs can be the bare infinitive or the to-infinitive.
- " Father helps me (to) do my homework.
- Fluoride in drinking water helps (to) prevent tooth decay.
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Help is a catenative verb. That means other verbs can follow it. For help, these following verbs can be the bare infinitive or the to-infinitive. Sometimes there is an object between the two if the subject of the infinitive is different than the subject of "help."
Father helps me (to) do my homework.
Fluoride in drinking water helps (to) prevent too
Father helps me (to) do my homework.
Fluoride in drinking water helps (to) prevent too
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Actually, the following is also correct: "You are among the 200 extra staff recruited to help to look after them." However, the second "to" is usually dropped for the sake of brevity. Note that the following are also correct:
You are among the 200 extra staff recruited to help with looking after them.
You are among the 200 extra staff recruited for helping to look after them.
You are among the 200 extra staff recruited to help with looking after them.
You are among the 200 extra staff recruited for helping to look after them.
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