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“Assist someone do” vs. “assist someone to do (or ”in/with“ doing)”
To “to” or Not To “to”“to help other people to choose” vs. “to help other people choose” - is the former correct?Is it “to play a game on someone” or “play games with someone”?When to choose “with doing this” or “by doing this”?“A food is fed (to) someone or something” vs. “Someone or something is fed on (or with) a food”“Associate with [someone]” for “socialize with [someone]” in colloquial AEWhy “like doing something” or “like to do something” but only “dislike doing something”?Remember myself doing somethingIs it correct to say “We will provide you with the best consultation and assist you filling out…”Hit someone with both *BARRELS"Term for being unable to see glaring errors after working for some time on a task?Link sentence with “By doing”
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I just recently came across "assist someone do" searching Google for examples to my previous question, and would like to check with you whether it is an acceptable option to "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)", or a snapshot of language in transition -- analogous with "help someone do" -- that I caught here.
Please consider the following examples for this:
NAFDAC is to assist you do your business right.source
Our company will assist you do your assignments...source
(Go down to bottom of page and look up "Transtec Inc.,
Robert Rasmussen PE") We are a specialty engineering company with award-winning expertise in pavements and pavement materials. We can assist you do your job better.source
grammar idioms usage malapropism
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I just recently came across "assist someone do" searching Google for examples to my previous question, and would like to check with you whether it is an acceptable option to "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)", or a snapshot of language in transition -- analogous with "help someone do" -- that I caught here.
Please consider the following examples for this:
NAFDAC is to assist you do your business right.source
Our company will assist you do your assignments...source
(Go down to bottom of page and look up "Transtec Inc.,
Robert Rasmussen PE") We are a specialty engineering company with award-winning expertise in pavements and pavement materials. We can assist you do your job better.source
grammar idioms usage malapropism
asked Mar 4 '14 at 20:16
ElianElian
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Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33
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I just recently came across "assist someone do" searching Google for examples to my previous question, and would like to check with you whether it is an acceptable option to "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)", or a snapshot of language in transition -- analogous with "help someone do" -- that I caught here.
Please consider the following examples for this:
NAFDAC is to assist you do your business right.source
Our company will assist you do your assignments...source
(Go down to bottom of page and look up "Transtec Inc.,
Robert Rasmussen PE") We are a specialty engineering company with award-winning expertise in pavements and pavement materials. We can assist you do your job better.source
grammar idioms usage malapropism
asked Mar 4 '14 at 20:16
ElianElian
38.9k21106217
I just recently came across "assist someone do" searching Google for examples to my previous question, and would like to check with you whether it is an acceptable option to "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)", or a snapshot of language in transition -- analogous with "help someone do" -- that I caught here.
Please consider the following examples for this:
NAFDAC is to assist you do your business right.source
Our company will assist you do your assignments...source
(Go down to bottom of page and look up "Transtec Inc.,
Robert Rasmussen PE") We are a specialty engineering company with award-winning expertise in pavements and pavement materials. We can assist you do your job better.source
grammar idioms usage malapropism
grammar idioms usage malapropism
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Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33
add a comment |
1
Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33
1
1
Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33
Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33
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The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'.
Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] do'.
Quote 2 is ungrammatical. It should be 'assist you in/with doing'.
I couldn't locate quote 3, but comment is as per quote 2.
(Amended and updated based on comment below)
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
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According to Longman dictionary, we should not use "assist sb to do sth" or "assist to". Instead we can use assist SB in doing sth/assist sb with doing sth.
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
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Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
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The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'.
Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] do'.
Quote 2 is ungrammatical. It should be 'assist you in/with doing'.
I couldn't locate quote 3, but comment is as per quote 2.
(Amended and updated based on comment below)
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
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The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'.
Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] do'.
Quote 2 is ungrammatical. It should be 'assist you in/with doing'.
I couldn't locate quote 3, but comment is as per quote 2.
(Amended and updated based on comment below)
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
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add a comment |
The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'.
Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] do'.
Quote 2 is ungrammatical. It should be 'assist you in/with doing'.
I couldn't locate quote 3, but comment is as per quote 2.
(Amended and updated based on comment below)
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
3,40121124
The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'.
Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] do'.
Quote 2 is ungrammatical. It should be 'assist you in/with doing'.
I couldn't locate quote 3, but comment is as per quote 2.
(Amended and updated based on comment below)
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
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edited Mar 28 at 12:04
answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
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answered Mar 4 '14 at 20:36
Leon ConradLeon Conrad
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According to Longman dictionary, we should not use "assist sb to do sth" or "assist to". Instead we can use assist SB in doing sth/assist sb with doing sth.
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
392
Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
add a comment |
According to Longman dictionary, we should not use "assist sb to do sth" or "assist to". Instead we can use assist SB in doing sth/assist sb with doing sth.
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
392
Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
add a comment |
According to Longman dictionary, we should not use "assist sb to do sth" or "assist to". Instead we can use assist SB in doing sth/assist sb with doing sth.
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
392
According to Longman dictionary, we should not use "assist sb to do sth" or "assist to". Instead we can use assist SB in doing sth/assist sb with doing sth.
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
392
answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
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answered Oct 15 '14 at 7:42
ZahraZahra
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Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
add a comment |
Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, Longman says you can use both: https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/assist "1 [intransitive, transitive] to help someone to do something assist (somebody) with/in something You will be employed to assist in the development of new equipment. assist somebody to do something We want to assist people to stay in their own homes." Having said that, for US English, [Merriam Webster's Dictionary of English Usage (1989)](books.google.co.ke/…
– MB Editing
Apr 24 at 9:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
Actually, today Longman says assist somebody in/with doing and assist somebody to do are both fine. I suspect they changed their definition after you posted your answer.
– Peter Shor
Apr 24 at 12:53
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Normally assist takes an infinitive with to in the B configuration; omitting it is not correct. This may be an analogy with help, which does allow optional to-deletion in the B configuration. This came up in a recent question.
– John Lawler
Mar 4 '14 at 20:33