As back as 700 B.C., people have talked about children being reared for by wolves. Romulus and Remus, the legendary twin founders of Rome, were purported to have been cared for by wolves. According to legend, Mars fathered the two boys. As a result, a relative of their mother imprisoned her and ordered that the boys be drowned in the Tiber River. However, a she-wolf saved them from this horrible fate and took them back to her lair to care for them. Legend has it that when she-wolf loses her litter, she seeks a human child to take & its place. This seemingly preposterous idea did not become credible until the late nineteenth century when a & French doctor actually found a naked ten-year-old boy wandering in the woods. He did not walk in the erect, & could not speak -intelligibly, nor could he relate to people. He only growled and started at them. Finally, the doctor won the boy's confidence and began to work with him. After many long years of devoted and patient :instruction, the doctor was able to get the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and utter a number of words, and write letters and form words. :
How old the boy was when the doctor found him in the woods?
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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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