Oct 24, 2019 · Can you help me with that? X with Y has a lot of meanings. One meaning is "uses Y in doing/achieving/obtaining X". So you can think of this as meaning "Can you help me to use/do/get that?" Can you help me on that? X on Y has a lot of meanings. One meaning is to say Y is a topic, when X is a conversation or other event where information is ...

Mar 25, 2015 · They are both correct. However "can" entails the issue of "possibility". If you ask someone "can you" it is as if you're wondering if they are capable of doing it. "May" is typically used for requests, but I will definitely side with WindowsDude7 right above! "Could" is definitely your best shot if you want to express politeness :)

Feb 27, 2014 · To my surprise, I found a similar conclusion in COCA, could you please help me: 6 hits, could you help me please: 0 hit, could you help me , please: 0 hit, please could you help me: 0 hit, please , could you help me: 4 hits, can you please help me: 5 hits, can you help me , please: 3 hits, can you help me please: 1 hit. –

Please, can you help me with this question? Can you please help me with this question? Can you help me, please, with this question? Can you help me with this question, please? Note that of the four, the second is the only one that isn't usually set off by commas.

After help we can use 'object' + 'infinitive', with and without to. So, Could you help me to find a financial support? Could you help me find a financial support? are both appropriate. Anyway, I often see "please" is placed just after the subject and "can" is used in place of "could": "Can you please help me [to] find a financial support?"

Mar 24, 2022 · It would be wrong for the parent to answer "Yes I can." and then not try to help the child. The question is not really about if the parent "can" help but if the "will" help. The main reasons to use "are you able" are 1) to use tense. I will be able to help you with your homework at the weekend, and I was able to help you last weekend.

If you use help (to), it will sound like an unissued demand, but no serious demand; however, if you use please, it is more of a polite request to ask somebody to confirm/send meeting notes. But both will do, without anyone getting upset with you.

Aug 11, 2015 · I know that "help" is often used with the preposition "with". However, the preposition "on" can be used sometimes as well. I googled some examples: He came over from time to time for a little help on his homework from the developing geometricians. The files you requested, my dear. Would you like some help on these files or some company for a while?

These exercises will help you get better at math. Can you help me move these boxes outside? But sometimes, though very rarely, I see it used with the to. Like in this example: This is just so that you won’t forget that you shouldn’t change these values after you first create them.

Nov 1, 2015 · Can you help me [do something]? to mean what I would phrase as "can you [do something] for me?", i.e. they request that I do the entirety of the work on their behalf, while in my understanding "to help" means that they would do the work while I'd provide some assistance or advice. For instance they'd say. Can you help me open this bottle?