He helped me write the research paper. % Q P9 r9 o; n8 u0 V% F9 L1 m 5 K N" B2 p( M8 ]: Y tHe helped me to write the research paper. 5 l* v7 |8 _4 [. Q; ? 8 a% U h- A+ o! o+ ~& e; n4 ?这两句话的意思区别是什么?考考大家
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081115005632AAdRrWA . y) l$ j1 X! [; w2 j"There is no difference in meaning but "help sb to do" is more British usage and "help sb do" is more American.3 A# }! g( F. f* r
Source(s): 6 M1 }* T9 w- w4 @. v, X5 @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。. L* z4 D' J/ X) u
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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。 ; H W* m" l7 ~: a6 N( R( n* Y- m6 n6 j( l
不知道筒子们对这个“半帮help”的说法有印象吗?——我不记得是哪位初中英语老师教的我了,因为我分别在苏州和济南读过初中,呵呵。