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Can someone explain to me why "help understand" is grammatically correct? Why wouldn't help be following by a gerund like on https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-re
by iso8859-1 3y ago
Can someone explain to me why "help understand" is grammatically correct?
Why wouldn't help be following by a gerund like on https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/verbs-followed-gerunds/ https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/ve... ?
- siddbudd 3y agoCalled the "bare infinitive". Use your favorite search engine, many sites will explain it better than I can. Short: "Help is a verb that can be used with or without to and with or without an object before the infinitive. When we use it without an infinitive it sometimes sounds more informal." (from Bare infinitive - Learning English | BBC World Service)