Natural calamities are not uncommon in our part of the world. Annual flooding is regularly complimented by annual droughts in many parts of Bangladesh. To these two chief agents of our misery, you can add the violent storms that originate in the Bay of Bengal and wreak death and destruction on our coastal belt every now and then. The most recent example is hurricane side that struck that southern districts on the evening of 15 November 2007, Despite early warning and precautionary measures, the devastation caused by side has been horrifying You look to the West and realize with a start that catastrophes such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and flash floods are also becoming more and more frequent there. You can't help wondering whether what you call natural calamities are wholly natural today, for some of them are, to a very considerable degree. certainly caused by air and water pollution, deforestation was on a big and small scale, each, of which is a creation of man and all of which have combined to produce the alarming phenomenon called global warming you ask: are not natural calamities really nature's vengeance of the sins committed by man against nature?
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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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