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17 January
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What is the difference between 1. We helped him to find the subway station. and 2. We helped him find the subway station. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between 1. We helped him to find the subway station. and 2. We helped him find the subway station. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
They're the same, the first one sounds a little more stiff maybe. It's grammatically correct, but most people would say the second one. I feel like the first one sounds like how it would be written in an old book.
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- Korean
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- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
We helped him to find the subway station.
"To find the subway station" is an infinitive with "to" to convey less certainty.
That is to say, finding the subway station is less certain because you may not be quite sure about where it is.
We helped him find the subway station.
"Find the subway station" is an infinitive without "to" to convey more certainty.
That is to say, finding the subway station is more certain because you pretty much know where it is like the back of your hand.
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