Difference between "assist in" and "assist with"
He assisted at the editing of the movie. Is "assist in" the same as "assist with"? Can I always substitute the one where the other is used, or is there a difference in meaning? (I think "assist at" refers to a place where a person is assisting, as in "He assisted at the place where the editing was taking place".)
meaning - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
They assisted in the search. They, too, searched. When it is transitive, it can take both a direct object and a complement which presents the context of the assistance: They assisted the surgeon in the delicate surgical procedure. The pattern is: To assist with {some activity} intransitive. To assist in {some activity} intransitive
Assist vs Support - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2020年2月25日 · Assist vs Support. The intern supports the team. vs. The intern assists the team. Support = he took an active role in the team's work like he was just another employee. vs. Assist = he was given a couple tasks by the employees to help them get their work done faster. Am I right ? The two verbs overlap.
Difference between being at/of/in someone's service
2017年6月29日 · @Rache Perhaps, bu I think of these as "service industry" jobs rather than working "in service" -- which is a somewhat archaic but more dignified term for "professional domestic" type of jobs that require a somewhat different skill set, because they work with a specific household and not the public at large.
prepositions - help on / with something - English Language …
2015年8月11日 · Modified 4 years, 4 months ago. Viewed 89k times. 11. 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.
What's the difference between "go", "go to", and "go to the"?
2015年5月9日 · "A home" would be usually be interpreted as some sort of assisted living facility. A person with mental illness or an elderly individual may be put "in a home". I'm going to the home. I would not know what to make of this sentence. The home? Which home?
word meaning - SB and STH in dictionaries
2016年4月5日 · 3. I do not have printed (paper) dictionaries, so I use the on-line versions of the dictionaries. sb in the Cambridge Dictionary: sb = written abbreviation for somebody or someone. sth in the Cambridge Dictionary. sth = written abbreviation for something. Of course, several words / expressions can be abbreviated as sb or sth.
phrase usage - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2015年5月4日 · So, "I typed this comment by means of a keyboard." Yes. "I typed this comment with the help of a keyboard." I'd say no. The keyboard did not assist you, it was a tool. "I typed this comment with the help of my friend Alice." If Alice provided advice, or …
How do I use the word 'Software' as plural?
2014年2月19日 · "Dozens of well-developed softwares for computer-assisted molecular design based on 3D—CG are commercially available and are now widely used (8)." (H. Timmerman, T. Fujita - 1995) "The Decision Making Software is a set …
confused between work on /work for/work against/work to
whatever the tactic we had, just didn't work for them. context: yesterday Barcelona lost to Liverpool 0-4. I'm speaking as a Barcelona fan.