
"need to do" vs "need do" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Feb 6, 2013 · I need not do this. I do not need to do this. In the positive, you have: I must do this. I need to do this. *I must needs do this. (obsolete) "I need do this" is incorrect. Over the last few …
Need do Vs need to do - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 31, 2019 · 'do' is an auxillary, action verb: "you need to do [the thing]". I have never hear a native english speaker use the: "I need do something." form. Auxiliary verbs add functional or …
"to require someone to do something" vs "to require that …
This is grammatically incorrect. You require that someone do something, not does. Does is present tense, intended to indicate that something is a fact. As you are requiring that …
"Assist someone do" vs. "assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"
The correct form, as you point out, is 'to assist someone to do (or "in/with" doing)"'. Quote 1 is from an ESL source, and could be interpreted as 'here to insist you do' or 'here to help you [to] …
grammar - "Help in doing something" or "Help doing something"
There's no saying of help sb. doing sth. Accroing to Oxford and Longman dictionary. – user75020.
help someone [do]/[to do]/[in doing]/[on doing] something?
Given the following sentences: They helped us frame some experimental evaluations.; They helped us to frame some experimental evaluations.
"Required to do" vs. "required doing" - English Language & Usage …
In the second example Hamlet, the subject, is not required to do anything. It is just that that play, is 'required reading'. Thus the past participle acts not in qualifying any verb but as an adjective …
have somebody do something vs. have somebody doing something
To have somebody do something most commonly means to cause somebody to do something (eg, ask, force, pay). But in this sentence the verb had means something like believed, …
grammaticality - "Recommend you to" vs. "recommend that you"
Jul 28, 2011 · Oxford's example does not contradict this; "recommend somebody to do something" means that "somebody" is the recommendation, like in "I recommend John for the …
grammar - "Recommend you to [do something]" or "Recommend …
Feb 5, 2012 · recommend sb/sth to sb. I recommend this book to anyone. I will recommend you to my boss for the open position. recommend sb/sth for/as sth. I will recommend you for this …