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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

would you mind...? doubt

Hi everyone; i wanted to know if this expression is correct: "Would you mind helping me TO move this furniture". That "TO" is giving me some trouble Emotion: stick out tongue

Muchas gracias!
  

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The particle "to" is not wrong in this context, but it is unnecessary. Personally, I wouldn't use it.

— Oligalma

  • The particle "to" is not wrong in this context, but it is unnecessary.
  • Personally, I wouldn't use it.
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The particle "to" is not wrong in this context, but it is unnecessary. Personally, I wouldn't use it.
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When I was at school many years ago, the 'to' was obligatory in BrE. Only the inferior Americans dropped it. Nowadays it's optional in BrE. The colonials have won again.
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Anonymous"Would you mind helping me TO move this furniture".
The "to" is optional. Help can be followed by the to-infinitive or the bare infinitive. We say it both ways.
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fivejedjonThe colonials have won again.
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