HELP + object + infinitive – English Grammar Profiler

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The verb ‘help’ can be followed by a bare infinitive clause or a to-infinitive clause.  In the following examples ‘understand’ is a bare infinitive (without ‘to’),  ‘to remember’ is the to-infinitive.  The pronouns ‘us’ and ‘you’ are objects.

Help us understand your father‘s work.

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These might help you to remember the truth.

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B1 point 40 in the category of VERBS/patterns:

‘help’ + object + infinitive with or without ‘to’, with no change in meaning.

A search in iWeb for:

HELP _P to _VVI

1 HELP YOU TO GET 6902 2 HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND 4282 3 HELP YOU TO MAKE 3981 4 HELP YOU TO FIND 3957 5 HELP US TO UNDERSTAND 2238 6 HELP YOU TO CREATE 2164 7 HELP YOU TO ACHIEVE 1984 8 HELP YOU TO AVOID 1909

9 HELP YOU TO KEEP 1743

10 HELP YOU TO IDENTIFY 1702 11 HELP YOU TO DEVELOP 1628 12 HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND 1613 13 HELP YOU TO FEEL 1542 14 HELP YOU TO DETERMINE 1530 15 HELP YOU TO SEE 1469

16 HELP YOU TO IMPROVE 1421

17 HELP YOU TO STAY 1401

18 HELP YOU TO BUILD 1300

19 HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND 1289 20 HELP YOU TO LEARN 1269 21 HELP ME TO GET 1268

22 HELP YOU TO BECOME 1244

23 HELPS YOU TO GET 1210 24 HELPED ME TO GET 1116

25 HELP YOU TO DECIDE 1050

26 HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND 1019 27 HELP YOU TO KNOW 1006

28 HELP YOU TO SAVE 997

29 HELP YOU TO CHOOSE 969 30 HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND 906 31 HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND 903 32 HELP YOU TO MANAGE 903

33 HELP YOU TO LOSE 815

34 HELP US TO MAKE 814 35 HELP ME TO FIND 813 36 HELPS YOU TO FIND 758 37 HELP YOU TO GAIN 743 38 HELP YOU TO TAKE 737 39 HELP YOU TO REACH 725 40 HELP YOU TO REDUCE 724

41 HELP US TO IMPROVE 697

42 HELP THEM TO GET 694 43 HELP YOU TO MAINTAIN 693 44 HELP US TO CONTINUE 685 45 HELP US TO GET 683

46 HELPS YOU TO KEEP 675

47 HELPED ME TO SEE 643 48 HELPING YOU TO GET 631

49 HELP YOU TO PREPARE 629

50 HELP YOU TO GROW 609 51 HELP YOU TO WORK 601 52 HELP US TO SEE 599 53 HELPS YOU TO MAKE 595 54 HELP THEM TO MAKE 593 55 HELPS US TO SEE 578 56 HELPS YOU TO SEE 574

57 HELP YOU TO PLAN 560

58 HELP THEM TO DEVELOP 559 59 HELP YOU TO RELAX 556 60 HELP THEM TO ACHIEVE 533 61 HELP YOU TO INCREASE 523 62 HELP US TO IDENTIFY 509 63 HELP US TO FIND 505

64 HELP US TO KEEP 494

65 HELP US TO PROVIDE 487 66 HELPING THEM TO DEVELOP 485 67 HELPS YOU TO CREATE 480 68 HELPS YOU TO FEEL 474 69 HELP US TO ACHIEVE 473 70 HELP YOU TO OVERCOME 471 71 HELPING THEM TO UNDERSTAND 465 72 HELP YOU TO REMEMBER 460 73 HELPING YOU TO MAKE 457

74 HELP THEM TO BECOME 451

75 HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND 451 76 HELPED ME TO FIND 450 77 HELPS YOU TO STAY 450 78 HELP US TO HELP 444 79 HELP YOU TO FOCUS 440 80 HELP ME TO MAKE 438 81 HELPS ME TO GET 437 82 HELP YOU TO START 429 83 HELP THEM TO LEARN 424 84 HELP THEM TO FIND 419

85 HELPS ME TO KEEP 416

86 HELP YOU TO DISCOVER 413

87 HELPED ME TO BECOME 409

88 HELPING US TO UNDERSTAND 408 89 HELP YOU TO SOLVE 403 90 HELP THEM TO SEE 401 91 HELPS YOU TO KNOW 401 92 HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE 400 93 HELPING YOU TO FIND 398 94 HELP YOU TO LOOK 387 95 HELP YOU TO MEET 387 96 HELPS YOU TO IDENTIFY 387 97 HELP THEM TO FEEL 386 98 HELPING YOU TO ACHIEVE 385 99 HELPS US TO MAKE 378

100 HELPED ME TO MAKE 375

1 HELP YOU GET 99121 2 HELP YOU FIND 66694 3 HELP YOU MAKE 47945 4 HELP YOU UNDERSTAND 33702

5 HELP YOU ACHIEVE 23787

6 HELP YOU DECIDE 19754

PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

That can help you decide whether or not you like the major.

Thai, Male, Level 4, Writing Class.

7 HELP YOU DETERMINE 19638 8 HELP YOU CREATE 18889 9 HELP YOU LEARN 17848

10 HELP YOU KEEP 17093

11 HELP YOU STAY 16707

12 HELP YOU BUILD 15278

13 HELP YOU AVOID 14925

14 HELP YOU SAVE 14667

15 HELP YOU IDENTIFY 13634 16 HELP YOU CHOOSE 13280 17 HELP YOU REACH 12296

18 HELP YOU PLAN 12273

19 HELP YOU MANAGE 12071 20 HELP YOU DEVELOP 12048 21 HELP YOU FEEL 11210 22 HELP THEM GET 10926 23 HELP ME GET 10649

24 HELP YOU IMPROVE 10217

25 HELP YOU PREPARE 10063 26 HELP YOU TAKE 9723 27 HELP YOU FIGURE 9361

28 HELP YOU BECOME 9332

29 HELP US UNDERSTAND 8951 30 HELP YOU NAVIGATE 8335 31 HELP YOU SEE 8304 32 HELP THEM UNDERSTAND 7734

33 HELP YOU GROW 7632

34 HELP THEM MAKE 7379 35 HELP YOU GAIN 7270

36 HELP YOU LOSE 7230

37 HELPS YOU GET 7087 38 HELPED ME GET 7024 39 HELP YOU MEET 6470 40 HELP YOU SUCCEED 6372 41 HELP US GET 6347 42 HELP THEM FIND 6340 43 HELP THEM ACHIEVE 6268 44 HELP YOU WORK 6223 45 HELP US MAKE 5752

46 HELP YOU SET 5486

47 HELP YOU MAINTAIN 5300 48 HELP YOU SELECT 5202 49 HELP YOU DISCOVER 5078 50 HELP YOU NEED 5011

51 HELP YOU MOVE 4933

52 HELP THEM LEARN 4799 53 HELP ME UNDERSTAND 4774 54 HELP YOU START 4723 55 HELP THEY NEED 4657 56 HELP THEM DEVELOP 4469 57 HELP ME FIND 4385 58 HELPS YOU FIND 4238 59 HELP YOU RELAX 4178 60 HELP YOU REMEMBER 4151 61 HELP YOU REDUCE 4030 62 HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND 4018 63 HELP YOU INCREASE 3954 64 HELP YOU FOCUS 3895 65 HELP YOU PUT 3852

66 HELP THEM GROW 3787

67 HELP YOU PICK 3748 68 HELP HIM GET 3672 69 HELP YOU KNOW 3646 70 HELP YOU SLEEP 3596 71 HELP YOU TRACK 3595 72 HELPING YOU GET 3574 73 HELP YOU OVERCOME 3526 74 HELP YOU LOCATE 3508 75 HELPING YOU FIND 3499 76 HELP US FIND 3472 77 HELPS US UNDERSTAND 3454 78 HELP YOU LOOK 3436 79 HELP YOU DEAL 3400 80 HELP YOU SOLVE 3361

81 HELP THEM BECOME 3305

82 HELP YOU DESIGN 3296

83 HELP US IMPROVE 3287

84 HELPED ME UNDERSTAND 3282 85 HELPS YOU MAKE 3243

86 HELPS YOU KEEP 3145

87 HELP US ACHIEVE 3132

88 HELP YOU COMPLETE 3122

89 HELP YOU LIVE 3121 90 HELP YOU ORGANIZE 3080 91 HELP THEM REACH 3074 92 HELP YOU ENJOY 3067

93 HELP YOU STAND 3052

94 HELP YOU MAXIMIZE 2979 95 HELP YOU RECOVER 2934 96 HELP YOU EXPLORE 2914 97 HELP YOU PAY 2859 98 HELP YOU CONNECT 2771

99 HELP THEM IMPROVE 2764

100 HELP THEM STAY 2741

A2 Vocabulary:

become, build, complete, decide, grow, improve, keep,

lose, move, pick, plan, prepare, save, set, stand

Go help Bella wash up the dishes.

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