Meaning & use
help and guidance
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UK/ˌhelp ən ˈɡaɪdəns/
US/ˌhelp ən ˈɡaɪdəns/
Meaning
phraseuncountable
Assistance and advice given to someone who needs support or direction.
Grammar: Uncountable; used with singular verbs. Often followed by 'on' or 'with'.
Patterns
- help and guidance on something
- help and guidance with something
- give someone help and guidance
- need help and guidance
The new employees received help and guidance from their manager.
Students can get help and guidance on choosing their courses.
She offered help and guidance with the project.
Common combinations
- provide help and guidance
- The organization provides help and guidance to refugees.
- seek help and guidance
- He sought help and guidance from a financial advisor.
- help and guidance on
- There is help and guidance on the website about tax rules.
- help and guidance with
- I need some help and guidance with my homework.
Synonyms and how they differ
- support
- Support is broader and can include emotional or financial help, while help and guidance usually refers to advice and practical assistance.
- assistance
- Assistance is more formal and often refers to physical or practical help, not necessarily advice.
- advice
- Advice focuses on suggestions about what to do, whereas help and guidance can include both advice and active help.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'help and guidance' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The phrase is uncountable, so it does not take 'a' or 'the' and has no plural form. Option 1 uses 'a' incorrectly; option 3 uses a plural; option 4 uses 'the' unnecessarily.
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