Help me out. Please! I can't tell the difference between "help do sth." and "help to do sth.". Thanks!
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Help me out. Please! I can't tell the difference between "help do sth." and "help to do sth.". Thanks!
E.X. Aspirin will help relieve the pain.
Aspirin will help to relieve the pain.

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hello Michael~ 

help to do sth.= help do sth. 

"to do" and "do" both are right,there's no difference~!!

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Hi Michael,

Yes, Christina's got it right - there is really no difference.

In grammar, when one verb follows another, the second verb is in the infinitive form ("to [verb]").  However, there are some exceptions, and in some cases the "to" is eventually dropped if the expression is used enough (in some cases; not every case!).  I think that's happening with "help do/help to do" now.

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