[Grammar] which one?

[gio]

which one is correct?

I can't help from noticing or but notice , and why?
thank you

 

[emsr2d2]

Which one is correct?

I can't help from noticing or but notice, and why?

Thank you.

Please see my amendments to your post above. Please remember that in written English, we start each sentence with a capital letter, and we do not put a space before a comma.

Which one of the two choices do you think is correct?

 

[gio]

Please see my amendments to your post above. Please remember that in written English, we start each sentence with a capital letter, and we do not put a space before a comma.


Which of the two choices do you think is correct?

Well, we do use gerund after from, so it sounds correct.However, because it's a negative sentence I think that but is also correct since it shows contradiction. I 'm confused...

 

[Barb_D]

Well, we do use gerund after from, so it sounds correct.However, because it's a negative sentence I think that but is also correct since it shows contradiction. I 'm confused...

If you omit the word "from" either is okay.

"I can't help from..." is not a standard construction in my dialect of English.

 

[gio]

If you omit the word "from" either is okay.

"I can't help from..." is not a standard construction in my dialect of English.

Thank you

 

[TheParser]

which one is correct?

I can't help from noticing or but notice , and why?
thank you

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) According to some experts, you could say:

(a) I cannot help noticing how beautiful you are.

(b) I cannot but notice how beautiful you are.

*****

(c) This one is becoming popular, but some experts do not like it: I cannot help but notice how beautiful you are.

Source: Bryan A. Garner. A Dictionary of American Usage.

 

[philo2009]

As the Parser has pointed out, two constructions exist: the most popular construction in conversation is can't help doing, while in more formal/literary parlance we still find cannot help but do, in which 'but' is a preposition (its original function in OE) governing the verb in the infinitive.