Re: Help

ilko mitrikovMember

Is this sentence correct ? Could you help me off the couch .

12/27/201:47 PM

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Gustavo, Co-ModeratorProfessor of Legal and Financial Translation

Hi, Ilko,

Yes, the sentence:

@ilko mitrikov posted:
Could you help me off the couch?

is correct as a polite request provided you close it with a question mark.

The verb help, just like other verbs like walk and drive, can take the pattern:

Verb + DO + adverbial particle/prepositional phrase

to indicate that somebody helps/walks/drives somebody else to get or go somewhere. This is, in my opinion, a remarkable example of the economy that characterizes the English language.

12/27/203:51 PM

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