2022-08-25
151220-1–ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H - Help & aid & assist
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Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง help = “HELP”
ออกเสียง aid = “EYD”
ออกเสียง assist = “uh-SIST”
Dictionary.com: USAGE NOTE FOR HELP
Usage Note For Help
Cannot & can't help but
has been condemned by some as the ungrammatical version
of cannot/can’t help
followed by the present participle:
You can’t help but admire her.
You can’t help admiring her.
However, the idiom
Cannot& can't help but
is so common in all types of speech and writing
that it must be characterized as standard.
Dictionary.com:
Synonym Study for HELP
Help, aid, assist, succor
agree in the idea of furnishing another
with something needed,
especially when the need comes at a particular time.
Help implies furnishing anything
that furthers one's efforts
or relieves one's wants or necessities.
Aid and assist, somewhat more formal,
imply especially a furthering or seconding of another's efforts.
Aid implies a more active helping; assist
implies less need and less help.
To succor, still more formal and literary,
is to give timely help and relief in difficulty or distress:
Succor him in his hour of need.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Choose the right synonym for HELP
IMPROVE – BETTER – HELP - AMELIORATE
mean to make more acceptable or to bring nearer a
standard.
IMPROVE and BETTER
are general and interchangeable
and apply to what can be made better
whether it is good or bad.
measures to further improve the quality of medical care
immigrants hoping to better their lot
HELP implies a bettering that still leaves room for improvement.
a coat of paint would help that house
AMELIORATE implies making more tolerable
or acceptable conditions that are hard to endure.
tried to ameliorate the lives of people in the tenements
Random House Kernneman Webster's College Dictionary:
usage
cannot help but
has been condemned by some as the ungrammatical version of
cannot help
followed by the present participle:
You cannot help admiring her.
The idiom cannot help but
is so common in all types of speech and writing,
however, that it must be characterized as standard.
Collins COBUILD English Usage Dictionary:
help
1. 'help' as a transitive verb
If you help someone, you make something easier for them.
When help has this meaning,
it can be followed by an infinitive, with or without to.
For example,
you can say 'I helped him to move the desk' or
'I helped him move the desk'.
There is no difference in meaning.
We must try to help students to have confidence in their ability.
Something went wrong with his machine so I helped him fix it.
2. 'help' as an intransitive verb
You can also use help as an intransitive verb,
followed by an infinitive with or without to.
If someone helps do something or helps to do it,
they help other people to do it.
I used to help cook the meals for the children.
The taxi driver helped to carry the bags into the hotel.
If something helps do something or helps to do it,
it makes it easier for that thing to be done.
The money helped pay the rent.
his policy helped to improve the competitiveness of American exports.
Be Careful!
Don't use an -ing form after help.
Don't say, for example, 'I helped moving the desk' or 'I helped him moving the desk'.
3. 'cannot help'
If you cannot help doing something, you are unable to prevent yourself from doing it.
I couldn't help teasing him a little.
Be Careful!
Don't use a to-infinitive after cannot help.
Don't say, for example, 'I couldn't help to tease him a little'.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree:
aid
to help or assist: I
hope you will aid me with the project.
Not to be confused with:
aide = an assistant:
I have so much work that I need an aide.
Random House Kernneman Webster's College Dictionary:
aid
usage:
Although the nouns aid and aide both have among their meanings
“an assisting person,”
the spelling aide is increasingly being used for this sense:
One of the senator's aides is calling.
aide in military use is short for aide-de-camp.
It is also the spelling in nurse's aide.
