Standard English ConventionsHardBare infinitive after help
Standard English Conventions practice question
The new signs helped visitors ____ their way around the site.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
- A. findCorrect
- B. to finding
- C. finding
- D. found
Answer: A. find
"help someone do" takes the bare infinitive.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. to finding
- Not a standard form.
- C. finding
- "helped visitors finding" is not standard.
- D. found
- "helped visitors found" is ungrammatical.
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