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"There is no difference in meaning but "help sb to do" is more British usage and "help sb do" is more American.1 Z! E# g( @1 [2 g( ~, H0 T" G
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I'm an ESL teacher and have lived both in the US a number of years and also in Scotland."
忽然想起初中时候的英语老师曾经教过的一个口诀,就是关于动词不定式可以省掉to的动词,叫作:一感(feel)、二听(指hear,listen 要加 to)、三让(make,let,have)、四看(see,notice,watch,observe);半帮help。 / }3 t- c" C: a) r2 v/ W6 P: g& r ?
为啥叫半帮help呢,就是说在动词不定式中,help somebody to do something,这个to是可以省略的,所以算半个。但是,要强调的是,如果用于被动语态,to不可省。1 d. M/ t7 o1 Y/ y