[Grammar] Somebody helps me OR somebody Help me ?

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Somebody helps me OR somebody Help me ?
which one is correct ?
 

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That depends on context. Can you provide one?
 

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Somebody helps me OR somebody Help me ?
which one is correct ?
"Somebody helps me" is an indicative sentence telling what happens.
"Somebody help me" is an imperative sentence, asking for help.
 

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That depends on context. Can you provide one?

hello my friend
this was just an example , I wanna know if after sb or sth , our verbs accompany with "S" or not .
 

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"Somebody helps me" is an indicative sentence telling what happens.
"Somebody help me" is an imperative sentence, asking for help.

The first is possible but unlikely as a complete sentence.
 

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hello my friend
this was just an example , I wanna know if after sb or sth , our verbs accompany with "S" or not .

Yes, but it is impossible to say what is correct without a context.

I am going to stand here until somebody helps me.
Somebody, help me open this window.

Yesterday, somebody helped me feed the cows.
Can somebody help me with my homework?
 

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"Somebody helps me" is an indicative sentence telling what happens.
"Somebody help me" is an imperative sentence, asking for help.

how "somebody helps me " is an indicative sentence ? can you use it in a context please?
 

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how "somebody helps me " is an indicative sentence ? can you use it in a context please?
"Whenever I want help, somebody helps me."
"When I have too much work for one person, somebody helps me."
Note that this is the Simple Present tense. If someone is helping you now, you say, "Someone is helping me" (Present progressive), not the simple present.
Now that you realise the importance of context, you should be able to supply some next time.
 

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Hello masoudimo,
You are new here, so I will explain a few things to you.
1. Use capital letters.
2. Don't use words like "wanna" or "gonna" here.
3. Don'e leave a space before a punctuation mark. Do leave one after (as you have done).
4. Don't use abbreviations like "sb" or "sth" - they don't mean anything to some of us.
5. Join two sentences with period (or a semi-colon, or sometimes a dash), not a comma.


hello my friend
this was just an example , I wanna know if after sb or sth , our verbs accompany with "S" or not .
 
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