Sentence Correctionhard · Past Paper
Identify the error: He could not help but to laugh.
AHe
Bcould not help
Cbut
Dto laugh
✓ Correct Answer: D — to laugh
The idiom 'cannot help but' is followed by a bare infinitive (laugh), or 'cannot help' is followed by a gerund (laughing).
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