grammar - "helpful for you" or "helpful to you" - English Language ...
Mar 3, 2015 · Helpful for you: Person A askes a question. Person B is the principal. Person B: "Hello, sir. Let's find the teacher with the answer which is most helpful for you." Helpful to you: …
Be helpful in doing something vs Be helpful to do something
Aug 14, 2019 · Hi everyone, I would like to know the difference in meaning between "be helpful in doing something" and "be helpful to do something". Here is the context: "However, the bicycle …
Useful vs Helpful - WordReference Forums
Aug 7, 2019 · Hi everyone, Given the following sentence "I'm glad to know my explanations and comments about English prepositions are useful and helpful.", I would like to know the …
helpful to vs. helpful for - WordReference Forums
Feb 12, 2009 · You're right, the thread is not very helpful - mainly because no context was provided. I hope my explanation is helpful. I hope the information provided is helpful. …
Word or phrase for help that is really not helpful [duplicate]
Jun 25, 2019 · There's a popular idiom for this in many north, middle, and eastern European languages, "a bear's service". It was popularized through Jean La Fontaine's fable L’ours et …
What's the difference between "think it helpful" and "think it's ...
May 18, 2022 · Helpful is a depictive. Helpful is a free modifier that modifies the main clause. I think [that] it's helpful to mention the caveats in the document. [that] it's helpful to mention the …
It will be helpful 'to' you: [for?] - WordReference Forums
Mar 23, 2011 · Helpful to a person; helpful for (or helpful in) + a gerund...the brochure was helpful to you It was helpful to me, but it was even more helpful to my brother. I found the brochure …
Common phrases for something that appears good but is actually …
something that looks like it will be helpful or advantageous but after use it is hindering. a tool that seems useful but is not the correct tool for the job. something that seems like a good idea but …
Helpful to or for - WordReference Forums
May 23, 2020 · "Helpful to" is used when saying it is helpful to a person. Ex) The information was helpful to me "Helpful for" is used when saying it is helpful to a thing or cause. Ex) The …
grammaticality - Rule for when to use "could" as a helper?
Sep 9, 2011 · It could be readily replaced by "would" or "were to" - all softening the bald request by adding a tentative quality. ("It would be helpful" is already doing this, relative to "Provide us …