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Is it correct: help me solving?

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fl

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Jun 28, 2016, 10:23:55 PM6/28/16
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Hi,

I write an email today: Could you help me to solve the problem?
I have been worrying about another way: 'help me solving'
What is your opinion on the above? Perhaps you have a better way to the above.


Thanks,

Athel Cornish-Bowden

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Jun 29, 2016, 2:11:24 AM6/29/16
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On 2016-06-29 02:23:55 +0000, fl said:

> Hi,
>
> I write an email today: Could you help me to solve the problem?

That's OK.

> I have been worrying about another way: 'help me solving'

That isn't.

> What is your opinion on the above? Perhaps you have a better way to the above.
>
>
> Thanks,


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athel

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Jun 29, 2016, 12:02:18 PM6/29/16
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On 6/28/2016 10:23 PM, fl wrote:
> I write an email today: Could you help me to solve the problem?
> I have been worrying about another way: 'help me solving'

You can stop worrying. That's not idiomatic.

You can say "help me to solve" or just "help me solve," or you can say
"help me in solving." The latter carries less of an implication that
you need help that will *complete* the solution, and might suggest
instead that this help would be just one of many steps in solving the
problem.

¬R

srusse...@student.elmoreco.com

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Nov 1, 2017, 10:27:01 AM11/1/17
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Bill McCray

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Nov 2, 2017, 8:23:01 AM11/2/17
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I would say "Help me in solving the problem", but "to solve" is just as
good.

Bill in Kentucky

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