Helping versus help

[Julie Gebrosky]

I had a question for the grammar gurus! I always thought I had a solid grasp of grammar until I started writing reviews. You don’t know what you don’t know!

Here’s my question. My sentence said, “Including a few pictures would have gone a long way to help the reader connect more.”
The editor said it should be, “Including a few pictures would have gone a long way to [helping] the reader connect more.”

Can anyone explain this to me? I thought it would go a long way to help. I’m sure I am missing something though.

[Shane Lucey]

'Including a few pictures would have gone a long way [toward helping] the reader connect more.' reads a bit better in my opinion. It also highlights the grammatical error a bit better when you try to replace "helping" with "help."

I would link you some references to help vs helping usage but I don't have url rights at this point in time.