Support me vs Supported me

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Support me' is used when asking someone for help or assistance. Meanwhile, 'supported me' is used to describe past actions where someone provided help or assistance.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used when asking for help or assistance.

"Support me"

This phrase is used when requesting someone to help or assist you in a particular situation.

Examples:

Can you please support me during this difficult time?
I need you to support me in making this decision.
Will you support me in my new business venture?
I hope you can support me in achieving my goals.
Please support me by attending the event.

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It'll look good that somebody came to support me.
If you support me, line up here.
I invite Mrs Maij-Weggen to support me in this.
First off, I'd like to thank everyone for being here to support me.
I needed to marry another man so he could support me.
Marnie was just saying that she feels like I need to go and talk to my parents and ask them to support me until I get a job.
Try and support me here, Keith.
Thanks for coming to support me, Chris.
I had very little money... and nobody to support me.
It is your job to support me.
It is not I who decides who must support me.
How could you not support me?
If you don't support me, then fine.
I want you beside me, to support me.
But in the end, I think she'll be more understanding and be willing to support me more so it worked out.
And the way you can support me right now is by telling me how you feel.
Persuade your family to support me as Earl, and we will get rid of the woman who usurped your uncle.
You guys were not there to support me
I need you to support me in my efforts to step back in the public spotlight.
It's really sweet that you want to support me, but I'm over it.

Alternatives:

Help me
Assist me
Stand by me
Be there for me
Back me up

This phrase is correct and commonly used to describe past actions where someone provided help or assistance.

"Supported me"

This phrase is used to talk about situations in the past where someone helped or assisted you.

Examples:

She supported me throughout my studies.
He supported me when I was going through a tough time.
They supported me in my decision to change careers.
My family supported me in pursuing my dreams.
The team supported me during the project.

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I was asked to remove them but the President supported me, although he pointed out that, in fact, the Development Committee could take these initiatives without putting them before Parliament.
Incidentally, I have not forgotten how you supported me in the Conference of Presidents in 1998 over the question of whether the Committee on Legal Affairs should prepare a draft statute.
And I thought you supported me.
It was more like you supported me.
Thanks to all of you who supported me.
Mr President, I voted against the Foglietta report, and I would like to thank all my fellow Members who supported me in rejecting it.
I want first of all to thank all those who supported me and understood my approach.
I should like to thank everyone who supported me in this matter of concern.
I will close by telling you that colleagues from all the groups supported me in the committee by making constructive criticism and tabling constructive amendments.
You supported me on numerous issues - as we discussed at the time - and acknowledged that I was right in many instances, as with the campaign on parliamentary reform with which you were associated and which you often took up as an issue.
I am especially grateful to those of you who supported me from the beginning, but I will try to build bridges with all those who did not vote for me this time.
eli: So I would urge the equity partners who supported me - in the last vote to now support Julius.
He just had this look like he supported me.
He's always supported me in achieving my goals.
And I thought you supported me.
You supported me for three years.
They kidnapped her because he supported me.
Without you, Richardis wouldn't have supported me.
When I first came to London, he supported me.
It's an old talent that supported me for many years.

Alternatives:

Helped me
Assisted me
Stood by me
Was there for me
Backed me up

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