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Old 17-Mar-2008, 08:39
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Default Re: Essay (please check)

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Originally Posted by Tvita View Post
It is obvious that advertising helps businessES GROW by ENCOURAGING .....

I don't understand one thing - why should we omit the "to" after "businesses" (before "grow")? Could you please explain it to me from grammatical point of view?
I'm not a native English speaker, but it seems to me they don't use TO after the verb HELP. The question is really interesting to me as well.
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