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Hi all, From the dictionary I've learnt that two sentence patterns can be used with "assist": 1) assist someone to do something 2) assist ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. assistsomeonetodo/indoingsomething Threadstarter EdisonBhola Startdate Dec4,2018 E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean Hiall, FromthedictionaryI'velearntthattwosentencepatternscanbeusedwith"assist": 1)assistsomeonetodosomething 2)assistsomeoneindoingsomething Aretheyinterchangeable,orisonepatternbetterthantheotherincertaincontexts? Myexampleisthis: HereatCompanyABC,wearepleasedtoassistyoutofind/infindingyourdreamjob! Manythanks!   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England 1)assistsomeonetodosomething 1)helpsomeone[to]dosomething 2)assistsomeoneindoingsomething   pops91710 SeniorMember Chino,California English,AE Icanonlycommentonyourexample"HereatCompanyABC,wearepleasedtoassistyoutofind/infindingyourdreamjob!"becausenumbersoneandtwohavenocontext.Contextwillmakeeitheronecorrect. AsforHereatCompanyABC,wearepleasedtoassistyoutofind/infindingyourdreamjob!infindingiscorrectinthiscontext.   E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean lingobingosaid: 1)assistsomeonetodosomething 1)helpsomeone[to]dosomething 2)assistsomeoneindoingsomething Clicktoexpand... ButMacMillanDictionarygivesthisentry: tomakeajoborpieceofworkeasiertodo assistsomeonetodosomething:Theschemeassistsyoungpeopletofindwork. Iunderstanddictionariessometimesincludeusagesthataren'tcommon;I'djustliketocheckifit'susedatall.   lingobingo SeniorMember London English-England Ofcourse,it’snotwrong,hencethethumbs-downratherthanacross.Butit’slesscommonthanhelp+bareinfinitive,andtomyearslessnatural-sounding.TheMacmillanexampleisokayasaformalstatement,butIwouldmuchpreferagerundversion:Theschemeassistsyoungpeopleinfindingwork(aswouldpops,judgingby#3).Andonamoreeverydaylevel: Wouldyouassistmetodothis,please?·Wouldyouhelpmedothis,please?​   E EdisonBhola SeniorMember Korean lingobingosaid: Ofcourse,it’snotwrong,hencethethumbs-downratherthanacross.Butit’slesscommonthanhelp+bareinfinitive,andtomyearslessnatural-sounding.TheMacmillanexampleisokayasaformalstatement,butIwouldmuchpreferagerundversion:Theschemeassistsyoungpeopleinfindingwork(aswouldpops,judgingby#3).Andonamoreeverydaylevel: Wouldyouassistmetodothis,please?·Wouldyouhelpmedothis,please?​ Clicktoexpand... Thankyouverymuchforyourclarification!   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top