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I'm struggling to find an appropriate answer. In the sentence below, 'persuade' confuses me since it seems to me this word should take a -to before itself.

Original BBC article:

Researchers have been looking for ways to help governments persuade vaccine-hesitant people for some time.

Mine:

Researchers have been looking for ways to help governments to persuade vaccine-hesitant people for some time.

Could somebody explain to me why this is the case here?

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'Help' may be followed by either a to-infinitive form of a verb, or a bare-infinitive. There is no difference in meaning.

Could you help me to look for my car keys?

Could you help me look for my car keys?

Bare Infinitive (BBC English)

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