Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Bare infinitive or infinite after the word 'helping'
Hi,
I thought what we put after the words like 'help' or 'helping' is a bare infinitive without a to-infinitive, but I came upon this.
He is/was helping them (finish??) to finish their homework early.
I thought what we put after the words like 'help' or 'helping' is a bare infinitive without a to-infinitive, but I came upon this.
He is/was helping them (finish??) to finish their homework early.
Top answer
Help takes either form of the infinitive.
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