Which one is correct?   I was helping him to get the bag off the shelf. I was helping him getting the bag off the shelf. None of the above   PS: This is my first post on english stackexchange, any correction around this post will also be appreciated :-)
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Help my sister peel oranges. Help my sister to peel oranges. Help my sister peeling oranges.  Help my sister with peeling oranges.   Which of the above is/are correct, and why are the others incorrect?
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For these two expressions:  I will give it to you when I no longer need it. I will give it to you if I no longer need it.  Let us say it is an object such as a book or a laptop or something similar. Is there any difference between the meanings of these two sentences?
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I have difficulties with word order:        I have picked up the pencil from the floor. [says my dictionary]   ?I have picked the pencil up from the floor. [could be?]   ?I will pick up it. [sounds weird]   I will pick it up. [sounds right to me]
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This seems to happen every time I go to my local bagel shop. Everyone is waiting in a line, and when the cashier is ready to help the next person, he/she asks, "Can I help who's next?" or "May I help who's next?" This seems wrong to me, shouldn't it be "Can I help whomever is next?" or "May I help whomever is next?"
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I'm confused about the following examples, and I'm pretty sure I've seen both of them in books and white papers.   What I have to do is find her. What I have to do is to find her. What I would like to do is to buy it. What I would like to do is buy it   Can anyone please tell me which one is correct?  Many thanks
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I need a bit of help with this.      She is a photographer but that camera is her brother's-in-law     or:        She is a photographer but that camera is her brother-in-law's   I am aware that I could change the construction to make things easier, like:      She is a photographer but that camera belongs to her brother-in-law       However, I would really like to find out what's the correct way to write the sentence.
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Which of the following sentences is correct in a formal context?  Both?  If possible, please also explain why each of these sentences is correct/incorrect.     I do not know where the best place to ask this question is.      I do not know where is the best place to ask this question.
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Right now we are assembling a device. I am asking another person if he is can deliver it [after/when] we finish. What question construction is the most correct?  Can you deliver it after it is assembled?  Can you deliver it after it will be assembled?  Can you deliver it when it will be assembled?  Can you deliver it when it is assembled?
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A: "I assume you know how this works."   B: "I am assuming you know how this works."   So if you expect someone to know how to use a certain machine for instance could you say either of the too? I cant make out a difference in meaning so if there is none which would be the preferred choice for most speakers?
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The furniture in our classroom ___ uncomfortable.   Should I use is or are here? I found on the internet things like all of furniture is and house full of furniture is.  But nothing about my example. Personally I think that correct is is, but website where I found this says that correct is are. So I'm writing here to find out.
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Is there any subtle difference between:   We need to carry in some stuff so open the door and leave it open. We need to carry in some stuff so open the door and leave it opened.   I mean "leave it like that (in that state)".
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Let's assume that John gave me a cat. I can rephrase the fact with:     What John did was to give me a cat   What John did was give me a cat   What John did was, he gave me a cat   But can I say the following phrase?  What John did was gave me a cat
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I have a friend from Russia who is trying to learn English and recently used the sentence "He tried to help me learning..." (implied: the English language)  It is obviously wrong and I corrected it telling her that she was supposed to say: "He tried to help me learn.", but I have a hard time explaining to her why it is incorrect since I'm not an expert on grammar either.  Is it a case of confusing the present simple and present continuous or does it have something to do with gerunds and infinitives? Any help would be highly appreciated!
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Sometimes I feel difficulty telling the difference between simple past and present perfect.  Given a picture like this:    which one is correct between these two? Or in what sense are they different?  A. He fell off his motorcycle.  B. He has fallen off his motorcycle.
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When someone purchase something from somewhere and I ask him the location of purchasing, which one is the correct question:     Where did you buy it?   OR     Where did you buy it from?   Is preposition necessary to use in this question or there is no need to use it?
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How can I explain to people that the phrase off of is grammatically incorrect?  I‘ve heard this phrase used a lot, especially by Americans (though they aren't the only ones).    In my understanding, off of should usually be replaced by off, as in,     I took the book off the shelf   as opposed to     I took the book off of the shelf   Am I wrong?  Or is there perhaps some simple way I can explain this to most people?
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I'm not a native english speaker, so even though I'm decently proficient at it, I don't really "know the rules" sometimes, and this is one that's been confusing me for a long time.  Which one is correct in each sentence?     If the movement [was/were] to continue uncorrected, the tower would   one day topple.      If I [was/were] rich, I would buy a yacht.   NOTE: I care not only about the case of "I", but also "she", "them", "it", etc, as in the example of the tower. Would it be any different if instead of the tower, it'd be me who'd topple if uncorrected?  I'm pretty sure it's "were" in both cases. That's what they taught me, I think. I started to doubt when I saw a lot of "was", but it sounded like the typical intentional mistake used "stylistically". ("If I was a rich girl...")  Then I saw it some more and thought it came down to an American/British English difference (I was taught British, in theory, and most of what I read is American).    But that tower sentence came straight from "The Guardian"...  When do you use was and when do you use were?