He found me a taxi. - English example sentence

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Dejo June 9, 2014 June 9, 2014 at 3:49:20 PM UTC

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From what I can make out the Chinese says: "He helped me get a taxi".

User55521 June 10, 2014 June 10, 2014 at 7:37:17 AM UTC

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Can you please explain what is the difference in the meaning between "He found me a taxi" and "He helped me get a taxi"?

Dejo June 11, 2014 June 11, 2014 at 1:29:20 AM UTC

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Re:r "He found me a taxi" First of all the word "find"" suggests that something is hard to come by so I can picture someone walking out in the street and flagging one down. On the other hand "He helped me get a taxi" is more general. He could have gone to the front desk and asked them to call one, he could have acted as interpreter etc. etc.