A shirt nowadays may have a complicated history. One may buy it in London and it can have a label saying "Made in Bangladesh " but it may well have been made from Chinese fabric woven from Chinese yarn, spun from Chinese cotton or man-made fiber. Why you may wonder, was the shirt not actually cut and sewn in Chian? We know they have scissors and sewing machines there and millions of nimble-fingered operators. After all, many of the other shirts in the London shop hangers were indeed made in China. The question is being asked with increasing urgency in China too as well as in Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, Nepal Cambodia, Ei Salvador Honduras and more than 40 other countries with thriving clothing industries based exports They are attempting to come to terms with the elimination at the end of 2004 of quotas that have governed their exports to the world's two biggest markets America and the European Union. The quotas that have governed their esports to the world's two biggest markets: America and the European Union. The quotas have restraint some countries exports, but in others have created an export industry that might not otherwise have existed.
An example of a man -made fibre in 1.3 is:
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After help, we can use object + infinitive (with or without to).
| Can you help me (to) find my ring? (NOT | |
| Thank you so much for helping us (to) repair the car. | |
| Our main task is to help the company (to) become profitable. |
Help can also be followed directly by an infinitive without an object.
| Would you like to help pack? |
If you say that you cannot/can’t help doing something (especially in British English), you mean that you can’t stop yourself, even if you don’t want to do it.
| She’s a selfish woman, but somehow you can’t help liking her. | |
| Excuse me – I couldn’t help overhearing what you said. | |
| Sorry I broke the cup – I couldn’t help it. |
Can’t help can be followed by but + infinitive (without to), with the same meaning as can’t help verb + ing. This is common in American English.
| I can’t help but wonder what I should do next. |
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