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I was wondering if you could help me find vs I was wondering if you could help me to find

Both phrases are correct, but the first one is more often used in English. The structure 'help me find' is a common collocation, so 'I was wondering if you could help me find' is the preferred choice.
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I was wondering if you could help me find

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is a polite way to ask for assistance in finding something. The structure 'help me find' is a common collocation in English.
  • Apr 9, 2023 ... Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me find more information about this skateboard, I won it at the 2018 warped tour in Detroit · Best.
  • Jan 9, 2019 ... I was wondering if you could help me find out what I am missing? Am I doing something wrong in the CSV_OUT_HEADER or during the ...
  • Sep 7, 2023 ... Hey guys, I've just finished my childhood game for the fist time, so I was wondering if you could help me find another one, it's Web of Shadows.
  • Dec 13, 2014 ... I was wondering if you could help me find something. 2. I am wondering if you can help me find something. Which one is correct? What is the ...
  • Sep 28, 2016 ... Anonymous said: hello! i was wondering if you could help me find a way to remember the katakana for shi, and tsu they look so familiar and i ...
  • Jul 18, 2002 ... Hi everybody, I was wondering if you could help me find the relation between texture size and the world coordinates it occupies.
  • I never got to meet my uncle Michael Wolf, and I was wondering if you could help me find anyone who served with him. He was with 1/9 Marines. That's him on ...
  • Feb 22, 2023 ... I was wondering if you could help me find sources for my multicultural research paper. Toggle menu visibility. Got a question? 0 options ...
  • Dec 4, 2022 ... kyumazi said: Hello! i was wondering if you could help me find a certain fic? its basically a dark/evil avengers and tony is looking for a ...
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Alternatives:

  • i was wondering if you could help me locate
  • i was wondering if you could assist me in finding
  • i was wondering if you could help me search for
  • i was wondering if you could help me discover

I was wondering if you could help me to find

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is also grammatically correct, but the structure 'help me find' is more commonly used in English. It is still understandable and polite.
  • Feb 5, 2021 ... I was wondering if you could help me to find tunes, scales etcetera that sound like for example the Black Sails intro (https://youtu.be ...
  • Sep 6, 2022 ... Hi, I was wondering if you could help me to find a solution. I need to extract data from the table. The bale can have 50 rows, ...
  • I was wondering if you could help me to find the best nickname for a YouTube channel and an instagram account. I would like to do not give a lot of ...
  • Jun 28, 2019 ...I was wondering if you could help me to find out which course I'm supposed to take”. See a translation.
  • Mar 30, 2017 ... CameraUIProvider: and I was wondering if you could help me to find why. I use Adobe Air 25.0.0.126 with Animate CC. Below is the complete ...
  • Apr 11, 2018 ... Hi I love your blog and lists c: I was wondering if you could help me to find a fic I read a long time ago. I remember it was about Draco ...
  • Oct 12, 2017 ... I was wondering if you could help me to find another way of saying this sentence, perhaps even more idiomatic? There is an idiom in my native ...
  • Mar 30, 2015 ... ... I was wondering if you could help me to find the answer of my question. > > I'm wondering if there are any possibilities (or plug-ins), for ...
  • May 16, 2021 ... Hi everyone, I was wondering if you could help me to find someone who could evaluate an original painting I have from Fred Sabater titled ...
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Alternatives:

  • i was wondering if you could help me to locate
  • i was wondering if you could assist me to find
  • i was wondering if you could help me to search for
  • i was wondering if you could help me to discover

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