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by stormier » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:33 pm
gmatapril wrote:What is the difference between AID IN and AID TO?

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When used as verb, its idiomatic to use aid in. He aided me in writing a paper.

aid to is not incorrect, but is less common.

The US provided monetary aid to earthquake victims of Haiti. - aid is used as noun here.

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by gmatapril » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:49 pm
It really helped me.


stormier wrote:
gmatapril wrote:What is the difference between AID IN and AID TO?

THANKS
When used as verb, its idiomatic to use aid in. He aided me in writing a paper.

aid to is not incorrect, but is less common.

The US provided monetary aid to earthquake victims of Haiti. - aid is used as noun here.

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