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help me vs don't help me

These two phrases have opposite meanings. 'Help me' is a request for assistance, while 'Don't help me' is a request to not receive assistance. They are not comparable as they convey contradictory messages.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 751 views

help me

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to ask for assistance or support.

This phrase is used when someone needs assistance or support from another person. It is a straightforward request for help.

Examples:

Can you please help me with this task?
I'm lost, can you help me find my way?
Help me, I can't reach the top shelf!

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You were hurt trying to help me.
He made up a sweet story to help me.
Please help me undo these straps.
Eduardo, help me, please.
Letting him help me stay sober.
I need you to help me free Barbie.
Please anybody help me with suitable solution.
Then you can help me with mine.
So in fact don't help me remember heels.
Which is why I want you to help me protect Kal-El.
Chloe can help me finish it in half the time.
Other people tried to help me and they are dead, too.
Maybe he left something there that can help me.
I need you to help me be strong.
Leonard, you decided to help me. Trust yourself.
Frankie, let him help me.
He's here to help me fix the garage.
They haven't done anything to help me, either.
We do not combine anything, help me.
You're going to help me with my problem.

Alternatives:

Assist me
Give me a hand
Support me
Lend me a hand

don't help me

This phrase is correct and conveys a request to not receive assistance or support.

This phrase is used when someone wants to decline help or support from another person. It is a clear indication that assistance is not needed or wanted.

Examples:

I appreciate your offer, but please don't help me with this.
I prefer to do it on my own, so don't help me, please.

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No, you're threatening them if you don't help me contain the spread of your species.
If you don't help me, it'll get a lot worse.
Because it really don't help me.
My family will be next if you don't help me.
Charlie, please, don't help me.
Charlie, seriously... don't help me.
So in fact don't help me remember heels.
You don't help me, she dies... Simple as that.
If you don't help me, I swear I'm going to hurt myself.
If you don't help me, I die within a month.
If you don't help me and he finds out about our fake wedding, I have to marry that man.
If you don't help me find the senator safe and pristine... before those bombs hit your airspace... my superiors will destroy everything not nailed down by God himself.
And if you don't help me now, then...
If you don't help me, we'll find him anyway.
If you don't help me, nora's going to die here.
If you don't help me, the warden'll get it all.
But you must see that if you don't help me get free, we will lose the machine.
If you don't help me, the warden'll get it all.
Along with a lot of other people, if you don't help me.
If you don't help me, I'll be dead by tonight.

Alternatives:

I can manage on my own, thanks
I'll handle it myself, but I appreciate the offer

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