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Assisttodosomething Threadstarter Shohrat Startdate Feb5,2014 Shohrat SeniorMember Turkmenistan Turkmen Helloeveryone, Ihavesearchedintheforum,butcouldnotfindtheconcreteanswertomyquestion.Canyoutellmewhichofthefollowingsentencesismorecommonlyused?Isthereanygrammaticalmistakeinthem? Thankyouforyourwillingnesstoassisttoloadthecontainers or Thankyouforyourwillingnesstoassistinloadingthecontainer. Iknowthatiftherewasawordsuchasme,us,them,Johnetc,itwouldbebettertouseinloading,butIwouldjustliketowritethesentencewithoutthatword. Thankyouinadvance!   Lastedited:Feb5,2014 RM1(SS) SeniorMember Connecticut English-US(Midwest) Iwouldstilluseinloading.   Shohrat SeniorMember Turkmenistan Turkmen Thankyou,RM1(SS)!   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese Hi,Iamsearchingtheexacttopic,cannativesconfirmthisintheOP?"Iknowthatiftherewasawordsuchasme,us,them,Johnetc,itwouldbebettertouseinloading,butIwouldjustliketowritethesentencewithoutthatword." Forexample: 1.IassistedJohninfindinghishouse. 2.IassistedJohntofindhishouse. Whichoneiscorrect?orboth?Ifbothofthemarecorrect,anydifferenceinmeaning?Thanks.   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese Hi,wouldsomebodypleasehelp?Thanks   pachanga7 SeniorMember SoutheasternU.S. English-US Firstsentenceonlyiscorrect.   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese pachanga7said: Firstsentenceonlyiscorrect. Clicktoexpand... Thankyouforyourhelp.IalsocheckedthisonebeforeIposted,andIsawtheexampleinpoint1,no.3."assistingpeopletorecover"not"assistingpeopleinrecovering"soIdon'tunderstandwhy,canyoupleasehelp? Assist|MeaningofAssistbyLexico   B Barque Banned Tamil AsimplerwaytosayitwouldbeIhelpedJohnfindhishouse. SuperSaiyansaid: Isawtheexampleinpoint1,no.3."assistingpeopletorecover"not"assistingpeopleinrecovering" Clicktoexpand... Icouldn'tfindthisexampleonthepageyoulinkedto.Also,Ihaven'treallyunderstodyourquestion.   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese Barquesaid: AsimplerwaytosayitwouldbeIhelpedJohnfindhishouse. Icouldn'tfindthisexampleonthepageyoulinkedto.Also,Ihaven'treallyunderstodyourquestion. Clicktoexpand... Theexampleisbelow,sorrythatIdidn'tmakeitclearer. ‘Thesicknessandinvalidsbenefitstrategyisshowingencouragingresultsinassistingpeopletorecoverandreturntoemployment.’   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese Barquesaid: AsimplerwaytosayitwouldbeIhelpedJohnfindhishouse. Icouldn'tfindthisexampleonthepageyoulinkedto.Also,Ihaven'treallyunderstodyourquestion. Clicktoexpand... Thankyouforyousuggestion,butIwanttofindoutwhether"assistsomebodyinverbingorassistsomebodytodosomething"   B Barque Banned Tamil SuperSaiyansaid: Thesicknessandinvalidsbenefitstrategyisshowingencouragingresultsinassistingpeopletorecoverandreturntoemployment.’ Clicktoexpand... Thiscouldalsohavebeen"inassistingpeopleinrecovering..." Iagree"torecover"workshere.Perhapsit'sbecause"assisting"isagerundhere. Therearen'tstrictrulesforthissortofthing.Thesentencestructureandevenminorchangestoitcanaffectthewayawordisused.   S SuperSaiyan SeniorMember Cantonese Barquesaid: Thiscouldalsohavebeen"inassistingpeopleinrecovering..." Iagree"torecover"workshere.Perhapsit'sbecause"assisting"isagerundhere. Therearen'tstrictrulesforthissortofthing.Thesentencestructureandevenminorchangestoitcanaffectthewayawordisused. Clicktoexpand... sotoyou,bothofthesesentencesarecorrect? 1.IassistedJohninfindinghishouse. 2.IassistedJohntofindhishouse.   pachanga7 SeniorMember SoutheasternU.S. English-US SuperSaiyansaid: Thankyouforyourhelp.IalsocheckedthisonebeforeIposted,andIsawtheexampleinpoint1,no.3."assistingpeopletorecover"not"assistingpeopleinrecovering"soIdon'tunderstandwhy,canyoupleasehelp? Assist|MeaningofAssistbyLexico Clicktoexpand... Ah,interesting.Idoseewhereseveralofthefirstexamplesgiventhereappeartousetheformyouareaskingabout,butmanymorefurtherdownusethestandard“assistin+-ing”formor“assistwith”or“assistby”. Myexplanationwouldbethatallthreeofthecounterexamplesareattemptingtosound“official”inpolice/legal/agencycontextsandsotheyelevatetheword“help”(whichcanbeusedinthewayyou’reaskingabout)tothemoreformal“assist”butwithoutbotheringtochangethegrammar.Itisstillincorrect. Iwouldalsomentionthatinthesecondexampleseveralverbsareusedinalist,thefirsttwoofwhichtaketheverb+infinitiveform,so“assisting”couldbeseenasbeingsubsumedundertheirpattern. AthirdpossibleexplanationisthattheformiscorrectinBritishEnglish(you’llhavetoaskaBrittoconfirm),andafourthis,asBarquesuggests,reallythatanythinggoesbecauselanguageisalwaysinfluxandyouwillalwaysfindoutlierswhoarepushingtheboundariesofwhatusedtobetherule. SuperSaiyansaid: sotoyou,bothofthesesentencesarecorrect? 1.IassistedJohninfindinghishouse. 2.IassistedJohntofindhishouse. Clicktoexpand... Inthebare,simpleexampleyou’vegivenhere,IthinkmostspeakersofAmEwillagreethatthefirstoneisthemostcorrectversion,whilethesecond,thoughpossiblyusedbysome,issloppyorincorrect. Hopeithelps.   Lastedited:Apr1,2020 Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top