Strange spaces of silence seem to separate one period of activity from another. There was Sapho and a little group of women all writing poetry on a Greek island before the birth of Christ. A long silence followed. Then about the year 1,000 we find a certain court lady writing a very long and beautiful novel in Japan. But in England in the sixteenth century, when the dramatists and poets were most active, the women were dumb, Elizabethan literature is exclusively masculine. Then, at the end of the eighteenth century and in the beginning of the nineteenth century, we find women again writing-this time in England— with extraordinary frequency and success.
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After help, we can use object + infinitive (with or without to).
| Can you help me (to) find my ring? (NOT | |
| Thank you so much for helping us (to) repair the car. | |
| Our main task is to help the company (to) become profitable. |
Help can also be followed directly by an infinitive without an object.
| Would you like to help pack? |
If you say that you cannot/can’t help doing something (especially in British English), you mean that you can’t stop yourself, even if you don’t want to do it.
| She’s a selfish woman, but somehow you can’t help liking her. | |
| Excuse me – I couldn’t help overhearing what you said. | |
| Sorry I broke the cup – I couldn’t help it. |
Can’t help can be followed by but + infinitive (without to), with the same meaning as can’t help verb + ing. This is common in American English.
| I can’t help but wonder what I should do next. |
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