The pioneers of science education imagined that its introduction into the curriculum would erase conventionality, artificiality, and prejudice. So, too in their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classics would banish pedantry and superstition. The chief claim for the use of science in the learning process is that it teaches young ones some truths about the universe that we are part of, acquaints them with the highlights of scientific discoveries, and rationally. To some extent, these goals have been reached only in the first of these aims. Young people who have been given this sort of science education will know the basics of physics and chemistry. However, they will know not much more than what they would have learned by picking up scientific hobbies or suing everyday scientific appliances.
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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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