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faith2k



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:34 am    Post subject: sentence structure Reply with quote
Does the sentence, "What did you help your parents with?" make sense to mean "What did you do to help your parents?" or "How did you help your parents?" as we ask it in response to someone saying, "I helped my parents,"?

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Lorikeet



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes.
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