A native English-speaker corrected my "help observing" with "help observe" in a written text:
I provide a lens to help you observing the ants.
I cannot really see the rationale, as I would expect an action verb after "help".
Can you please help me understand/understanding why this is not the case?
Best Answer
After the verb help , we can use
But we don't use present participle after it.
If you want to use ‘observing‘ as a noun (gerund), you can use it as an object of a preposition :