Ask & Learn闻问切英语口语:Help Me Pack
一位《明报》小学订阅版的读者寄来句子问是否正确:
Fortunately, Mum found out and she helped me pack my bag.
他问有必要改成 helped me to pack 或 helped me packing吗?
简单地说,这位读者的问题是 help 后面应用 to-infinitive 还是 bare infinitive。
一般两个动词连用,尤其当头一个动词在某意义引发第二个的时候,第二个动词都以 to-infinitive的形式出现,如:
I will teach you to dance.
The police came to investigate the murder.
但有些动词并不依循这个规律,最常见的有 make 和 let,例如:
Don't make me laugh.
Let me think about it.
(Don't make me to laugh 和 Let me to think about it 都错。)
这类 infinitive 叫 bare infinitive。
Help 是一个特殊的例子,后面可以用 to-infinitive 或者 bare infinitive,因此 helped me pack 和 helped me to pack 都正确。不过, BBC World Service 的英语学习网页指出,help 后面用 bare infinitive 比用 to-infinitive 更正式。
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