Infinitive or bare infinitive?

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Infinitive or bare infinitive?

Lilia Laz

Infinitive or bare infinitive?

Hi everybody,

I need your help because I ï¿½m a bit confused!

Do we say

The teacher should help motivate his students

OR

The teacher should help to motivate his students???

Thanks in advance, HUGS

1 May 2012

good morning

I would say help motivate asf ar as I know the strucrure is to help so do sth /in doing sth hope it helps!

1 May 2012

ueslteacher

Both are fine actually.

help (to) do something She helped (to) organize the party.

HELP

In verb patterns with a to infinitive, the ï¿½toï¿½ is often left out, especially in informal or spoken English.

Sophia

1 May 2012

Lilia Laz

Thank you all for your help.

Have a nice day

1 May 2012

Yolandaprieto

Both are used and correct.

Yolanda

1 May 2012

MoodyMoody

I prefer "help motivate" without to, myself. "Help to motivate" may be technically correct, but sounds wrong to me. I would never say that.

1 May 2012

grammatically speaking both are correct .but we often opt for "help s.o do s.thing

1 May 2012