...three tasks.I agree that it is better to use "three tast".
Hi Barb_DAlso, you use the present tense,
I'm not Barb, but I might be able to explain. We use the present indefinite (simple present) to talk about habitual action. You used it in your example.Hi Barb_D.
You used present indefinite tense in this main clause. It does seem natural to me(though I am not an English native speaker). Can you help me understand please?
You write "We use the present indefinite (simple present) to talk about habitual action."We use the present indefinite (simple present) to talk about habitual action.
I was wrong about Barb's motives. However, 'You use' would have been possible there in the way that I mentioned. Note, too, that Barb used the present tense of 'mean', "I don't think you mean "three jobs." You may mean three chores, or three tasks." That, in my opinion, is also not habitual action here.Might be it is a typo, but according to 5jj, that is a different use of present indefinite tense, isn't it ?
No, generally they mean pretty much the same thing. You can use either.To help him work is to work for him. To help him to work is to do something that help him work better.
Please discuss more to my idea presented above.