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Usage of "to help and help"



 
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Usage of "to help and help" #1 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 3:30 am   Usage of "to help and help"		  
Am I correct to say:

I was busy to help my mother do kitchen work.

I was busy help my mother do kitchen work.
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"to help and help" #2 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 4:01 am   "to help and help"		  
I wouldn't use either sentence.
Try this instead:
- "I was busy helping my mother..."

If you didn't have time to help your mother, you could say this:
- "I was too busy to help my mother ...."
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"to help and help" #3 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 8:52 am   "to help and help"		  
How about with:

We need help him.
We need to help him.

Which one would be suitable?
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"to help and help" #4 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 9:58 am   "to help and help"		  
Yankee wrote:
I wouldn't use either sentence.
Try this instead:
- "I was busy helping my mother..."

If you didn't have time to help your mother, you could say this:
- "I was too busy to help my mother ...."
.


Thanks Yankee for the reply on my posting. So I would assume that the sentences I made were wrong. Your reply and examples are very helpful for me to analyze my mistakes.
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"to help and help" #5 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 10:03 am   "to help and help"		  
Molly wrote:
How about with:

We need help him.
We need to help him.

Which one would be suitable?


Hi Molly,

Do you mean my sentences are wrong? Thanks for the corrections. I'm learning...
Alv
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"to help and help" #6 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 10:18 am   "to help and help"		  
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Do you mean my sentences are wrong?


Yes, they are wrong. Amy was correct.
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"to help and help" #7 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 17:05 pm   "to help and help"		  
alv wrote:
Do you mean my sentences are wrong?

Right, neither one of your original sentences was correct.

It is typical to use a form of the verb 'be' followed by 'busy+doing'.
'I was busy helping my mother' basically means 'I was helping my mother and that activity was keeping me busy'.

Molly's sentences were different from yours. They used a different verb (need).

Did you also have questions about the use of the verb 'need'?
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