with homework or with "her" homework?

[Sweetpumpkin]

Hello,

One of the trickest things in English is using possessives. Please check out the below:

You don't have to help her with her homework.
You don't have to help her with homework.

Which one is right? I mean, in my mother tongue, Korean, the second one is right. We don't use possessives as much as in English except for emphasizing possession. So the first one is a bit unnatural. Anyway, I think the second one is right as well as the first one. What do you think?

Thanks,
sweetpumpkin

[BlackCitadel]

It would be much more clearer to say the first one.
As you are making sure that you are not helping her doing her homework.(Her!) not anyone else(Not him,you,they).

The second one. I think it's not as clear as the first one. As you are saying "You don't have to help her with homework". That perhaps could mean that you don't have to help her using your homework.

[Beeesneees]

Both are correct, Sweetpumpkin.
The first is likely to refer to a particular piece or pieces of homework, whilst the second refers to all homework in more general terms.
There's nothing wrong with either.
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