In 1920, after some thirty-nine years of problem with disease, high costs and politics, the Panama Canal was officially opened finally linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through the fifty -mile Canal Zone instead of traveling some seven thousand miles around Cape Horn, It takes a ship approximately eight hours to complete the trip through the canal and costs an average of fifteen thousand dollars . one-tenth of what it would cost an average ship to round the Horn . More than fifteen thousand ships pass through its locks each year. The French initiated the project but sold their rights to the United States, which actually began the construction of the project The latter will control it until the end of the twentieth century when Panama takes over its duties.
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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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