Timeline for What is the correct way to use infinitive after the verb "help": with or without "to"?
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| Oct 22, 2016 at 19:01 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | 'The use of the to-infinitive with the verb help is also common.' does not substantiate 'Help is a special verb in that way – the to is usually dropped from an infinitive when it is modifying help.' | |
| May 22, 2013 at 13:54 | comment | added | Daniel | Yes it does. The Wikipedia link was changed and the page updated, so I just re-linked the page properly. Now if you click on the link in my answer, you will come to the updated Wikipedia section on bare infinitives. Among the examples, it says "As a predicative expression in pseudo-cleft sentences of the following type: What I did was tie the rope to the beam. What you should do is invite her round for dinner." | |
| May 22, 2013 at 13:51 | history | edited | Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 22, 2013 at 0:42 | comment | added | semantax | Does this explain whether "The only thing one can do with a donut is eat it." is correct versus "The only thing one can do with a donut is to eat it."? | |
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| Nov 8, 2011 at 19:21 | vote | accept | wnrph | ||
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| Nov 2, 2011 at 0:39 | comment | added | Daniel | Yes; that's why I chose the word usually. Wikipedia makes a note of that as well. | |
| Nov 1, 2011 at 17:49 | comment | added | None | Two hyperlinks to complete drɱ65 δ's answer: −−− bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/…−−− englishgrammar.org/bare-infinitive-2 | |
| Nov 1, 2011 at 17:43 | history | answered | Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |