Sentence Correction

In all the explanations above, nobody mentioned why B was rejected.
Why is to help preferred to as help.

ALso, is the phrase to help find correct ?

dhonu121 wrote:In all the explanations above, nobody mentioned why B was rejected.
Why is to help preferred to as help.

ALso, is the phrase to help find correct ?

to help find is a coorect idiom
as help to find means the pigeons are being trained as servants or aide

mundasingh123 wrote:

dhonu121 wrote:In all the explanations above, nobody mentioned why B was rejected.
Why is to help preferred to as help.

ALso, is the phrase to help find correct ?

to help find is a coorect idiom
as help to find means the pigeons are being trained as servants or aide

Thanks for answering.
What's wrong if we use pigeons with the usage "as help to find" ?
They ARE being used as aid. Aren't they ?

dhonu121 wrote:

mundasingh123 wrote:

dhonu121 wrote:In all the explanations above, nobody mentioned why B was rejected.
Why is to help preferred to as help.

ALso, is the phrase to help find correct ?

to help find is a coorect idiom
as help to find means the pigeons are being trained as servants or aide

Thanks for answering.
What's wrong if we use pigeons with the usage "as help to find" ?
They ARE being used as aid. Aren't they ?

Aide is different from aid .It changes the meaning of the sentence . There is also something called equivalent elements error that is explained by Veritas . You cant train an animal/bird as an aide . Aide is used for people.Aide is more synonymous with domestic help or something like that.Even if the above dont count , the foremost reason for eliminating B is that A expresses the same thing more directly .

In B, as help to find seems better than A, to help find.
Had the structure in A been, to help to find or to help in finding it would have been undisputably correct.
The whole reason I am confused between A and B is mentioned above.
Also, the logic that animals cannot be trained as help does not seem very convincing to me.

How about this: The army used dogs as help to find enemy's hidden camps.

I am asking all this so that, If I face similar structure , I am confident in choosing the right answer.

Thanks in Advance.

dhonu121 wrote:In B, as help to find seems better than A, to help find.
Had the structure in A been, to help to find or to help in finding it would have been undisputably correct.
The whole reason I am confused between A and B is mentioned above.
Also, the logic that animals cannot be trained as help does not seem very convincing to me.

How about this: The army used dogs as help to find enemy's hidden camps.

I am asking all this so that, If I face similar structure , I am confident in choosing the right answer.

Thanks in Advance.

What Can i say ? Well check the MGMAT Idioms List : HELP

IMO A

IMO E