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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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When do I put 'to' after 'help'?
How to formulate a phrase 'to help someone with doing something'. The fact that I sometimes meet 'help' without 'to' in this case made me open this topic.
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If the sentence ends with an "-ing" verb, then "help someone with doing something" seems OK to me. " If an object follows the "-ing" verb then I would, in theory at least, prefer an alternative wording. I don't think that "He helps me with reading my book" (for example) is egregiously wrong, and it's something I might say in conversation.
- If the sentence ends with an "-ing" verb, then "help someone with doing something" seems OK to me.
- " If an object follows the "-ing" verb then I would, in theory at least, prefer an alternative wording.
- I don't think that "He helps me with reading my book" (for example) is egregiously wrong, and it's something I might say in conversation.
- But in writing, if I was being careful, I would probably instead say "He helps me to read my book" or "He helps me read my book".
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If the sentence ends with an "-ing" verb, then "help someone with doing something" seems OK to me. For example: "He helps me with reading."
If an object follows the "-ing" verb then I would, in theory at least, prefer an alternative wording. I don't think that "He helps me with reading my book" (for example) is egregiously wrong, and it's something I might say in conversation. But in writ
If an object follows the "-ing" verb then I would, in theory at least, prefer an alternative wording. I don't think that "He helps me with reading my book" (for example) is egregiously wrong, and it's something I might say in conversation. But in writ
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