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Fatimah0786 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What is the general difference between "help someone in" and "help someone with" ?

What is the difference between:
"Can you help him in his sentence construction" and "Can you help him with his sentence construction"?
2. What is the general difference between "help someone in" and "help someone with" ?

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fatimah0786 What is the difference between: "Can you help him in his sentence construction" and "Can you help him with his sentence construction"? 2. What is the general difference between "help someone in" and "help someone with" ?

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  • fatimah0786 What is the difference between: "Can you help him in his sentence construction" and "Can you help him with his sentence construction"?
  • 2.
  • What is the general difference between "help someone in" and "help someone with" ?
  • There isn't much difference.
  • The first one suggests help in doing something to accomplish a task.
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fatimah0786What is the difference between: "Can you help him in his sentence construction" and "Can you help him with his sentence construction"?
2. What is the general difference between "help someone in" and "help someone with" ?
There isn't much difference. The first one suggests help in doing something to accomplish a task. The second expresse
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I think when you use help in, you say someone helps another person in some subject, e.g.,

Tom helps Kate in her mathematics problems.

But when you use help with, you say someone helps another person with (for example) some tool, e.g.,

Tom helps Kate with his professional calculator.
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