turn to vs. turn to for help | WordReference Forums

It includes a general idea of that kind, but not specifically help: you can turn to someone for sympathy, for ideas, for a second opinion, etc. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. turntovs.turntoforhelp Threadstarter LittleLea Startdate Jul23,2010 L LittleLea NewMember Romanian Hi, Whichoneofthesetwoversionsdoyouthinkisbetter(it'saboutsomeoneneedinghelp): Whatwillhedo?Whowillheturnto? and Whatwillhedo?Whowillheturntoforhelp? Doestheexpresion"toturntosmb."includethespecificideaofhelp?Andinthisgivencontext,whichofthetwoversionssoundsmorenaturally?ForsomeobscurereasonI'mnothappywiththefirstone... Thankyou(foryourhelp)!   S soccergal SeniorMember English-US Ifitisalreadyclearfromthesurroundingcontextthatheneedshelp,yourfirstsentenceisbetter:Whowillheturnto?   entangledbank SeniorMember London English-South-EastEngland Itincludesageneralideaofthatkind,butnotspecificallyhelp:youcanturntosomeoneforsympathy,forideas,forasecondopinion,etc.Inallcasesyouhopeforsomekindofhelp,butonepersonmightgiveyousympathyandanotherpracticalhelp.   L LittleLea NewMember Romanian Thankyou.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top