Many people must have been visited by a bat in their drawing room or bedroom at one time or another, and if they have not been“to scared of it, they will have been fascinated by its swift, skilful flight and the rapid twists and turns with which it avoids all. obstacles, including objects like shoes and towels that are hurled at it. Now despite the old saying. bats are not blind. They have perfectly good eyes, but these are so tiny that they are not easily detected. Their eyes are certainly not good enough for them to perform some of the extraordinary flying, stunts in which they indulge. It was an italian naturalist called Spallanzani. in the eighteenth century who first started to investigate the flight of bats and by the unnecessarily cruel method of blinding several bats. he found that they could still fly about unhampered, avoiding obstacles as though they were uninjured. But how they managed to do this he could not guess.
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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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