Saturday, February 25, 2012

Bare infinitive after "help" with intervening past participle phrase

Which is correct?




Our mission is to help everyone touched by tragedy thrive.




or




Our mission is to help everyone touched by tragedy to thrive.





I know that technically help can admit the bare infinitive, but something about the presence of the intervening past participle phrase makes it strike my ear as incorrect. Thoughts?

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