to help is...

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to help is...

Post by azz »

Can one say

a. To help is nice.
b. It is nice to help.


if one means by those sentences
c. One is being nice when one helps.
?

Can one say
d. To help is kind.
e. Helping is kind.

?

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Re: to help is...

Post by Alan »

Onlt b & e are natural.
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