Money is not only coins and banknotes, It is anything that people are willing to use in order to represent tl1e value of other things for the purpose of exchanging goods and services. Money enables people to compare quickly ai1d easily the value of different commodities (such as fish and shoes), to exchange one thing for another, and to store wealth conveniently. There have been many types of money. The most familiar is the coin, which is a standardized piece of imprinted metal. Yet money existed long before the invention of coins, and cultures have prospered using things as currency, such as cowries, cattle, skins, salt, grains, beads, cloth and promissory notes. In modern prisons, cigarettes have often served as money. Nowadays people do not have to carry money when they go for shopping, the can use debit or cash cards. These cards are also called plastic money.
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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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