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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?

  1. A. findCorrect
  2. B. to finding
  3. C. finding
  4. 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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