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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?



 
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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 13:36 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
Hi

This will help you to record all the details required by law.
Right pensions and insurance policies can help you protect your business against … bla-bla-bla

To-infinitive or bare infinitive - which is 'more grammatical'?

(Not to mention here and now 'help you with' <noun(s)>) Smile
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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 13:45 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
Hi Tamara,

Both forms are acceptable with 'help' but note: let you go (No to) but allow you to go (Always to)

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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 13:54 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
Aha… both...
Thanks, Alan!

I'd say, to-infinitive sounds (to me) a bit more natural in most 'help-offer' cases.
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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 14:59 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
(In the case of "help + to + do" vs "help + do" I've always thought this was primarily one of those BE vs AmE situations.) Very Happy
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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 18:45 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
Amy, I have noticed that you prefer to write British English in its short form as BE, while Alan likes to write it as BrE.I wonder whether this one has to do something with those American and British differences?! Rolling Eyes

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This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]? Wed Oct 18, 2006 19:03 pm  This will help you + [to-infinitive or bare infinitive]?		  
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You never know, Tom... My writing BE instead of BrE might just be a typo, attributable to regular hunt and peck difficulties. Or it might not be. Cool

I have to admit, I've also seen "American English" shortened to AE... But that's actually more problematic since AE could also mean "Australian English"... Shocked

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Englishes again :) Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:45 am  Englishes again :)		  
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Amy, Wikipedia insists on AuE for Australian English
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English

By the way, about Englishes, again. Sorry for the off-topic Smile
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Especially I like the division on British English (BrE) and English English (EngEng Smile )
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