Learn English – What comes after “can”

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I had a test and there was a question I'm arguing about its answer with my brother. Question is what comes after "can" (or fill in the blank:D)

Question: I'm sure she'll do whatever she can …

Possible choices:

  1. to help
  2. help

Which one is the answer? 1st or 2nd?

Best Answer

I'm sure she'll do whatever she can to help.

This is correct. She'll do "whatever she can", but only those things that will help (or with the purpose of helping).

I'm sure she'll do whatever she can help.

This is incorrect - grammatically, it is saying she'll help the things she's doing, which doesn't make much sense.

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