Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Support"

A: A lot of the supporters of the CDU party shifted to support the greens and far right instead.

A: Spelled “columns”.
Support columns are part of the supporting structure of a house or building, helping to hold up the roof.
White support columns might be decorative columns, because of the reference to the color.

A: "Если оплата проводится за пределами России, Клиент обязан оплатить комиссию банка, предоставившего данную услугу, в отношении этого платежа."

A: "all-over" = comprehensive/holistic. "Support" = help. One example of "all-over support" would be a way to describe a special corset, which would "help" the whole body. "Support stockings" might also be described the same way - they protect/help/assist/support the whole leg (that is, "all-over").

A: In that situation she was pulling a red herring. The previous comment is right on the actual definition of the word. She was given a yes no question and she answered something else to avoid answering.

A: I strongly support your decision to quit school, but you should think of what your parents would say...

A: 1) The director decided to employ the woman
2) I am applying for this job
3) She had her friends for support
4) Our town has many droughts
5) The computers all had different backgrounds
6) The company wants to establish an office in America
7) Although he was very fit, he didn't win the race
8) I was looking for my dog
9) I need help with my paper
10) After the plane ride I was very tired
11) I will try a bit of the cake
12) ...
13) He took an apple from the basket
14) ...

A: We're always here to support you.

Everyone needs support sometimes.

Will you support me if something happens?

What football team do you support?

A: only with your continued support can we do this!

A: "I will support you no matter what."

A: Help is a very active action: when you help someone you might join in with what the person is doing or do the action for them instead.

For example: when helping someone to carry something, you might hold their bags with them or even carry the bags for them.

When helping a couple with marriage problems, you might intervene in their arguments and sit down to have long discussions with both of them.


Support is more of a passive action: when you support someone you don't really do the action for them, but you encourage or motivate or do something that benefits the person so that this person can carry out the action by themself more effectively or successfully.

For example, when a parent supports their child that is at university, they might send them money and food so that their child can live and study more comfortably. (But the parent doesn't come and 'help' them write their essays)

When supporting your favourite sports team, you might cheer them on really loudly at a game to encourage them and motivate them to play better. (But you don't suddenly join in the game and 'help' them to play)

A: ah ok ... no, no se usa el "to" porque está equivocado, también.

"I support my dad." = correcto

Por ejemplo, si digo:

Quiero apoyarte para que superes esta situación.

En inglés, es:

I want to support you so you can get over this situation.

A: To support is to help out, to get involved.

A cheer is a shout of encouragement.

I'm rooting for you means "I'm on your side", "I hope you win"

A: The root meaning of support is to hold up. For example the wall supports the ceiling. So when one person supports another person, they are helping them to stay up, financially or otherwise.

Assist is a general term that means to help, in any way.

A: Support and back can be used in the same way.

I will support you.

I will back you.

Also, they both have other separate meanings which are not the same.

A: @peacefulJapan

母は私と真逆で、1人で遠い所に行くのを怖がる人。私は1人で海外も全然怖がらない人。
= My mother is someone who is scared to travel far alone, the exact opposite of me. I’m someone who isn’t afraid at all to travel alone even overseas.

見守ることが親のsupport。子供が欲しい物を全て与えることは必ずしも良いことではないけど、子供がやりたい事をsupportできる環境作りはなるべくしてあげたい。
= Watching over someone is parental support. It’s not necessarily a good thing to give a child everything they want, but I want to try as much as I can to create an environment where we can support things children want to do.

助けてもらおうとする心がおこがましい。
= It’s absurd to try and get help.

A: Yes, that would be right then, sorry for the late reply, I was busy.

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A: In two accents:

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A: × ‎・Are there any supports by the government to farmers such as providing fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide?
✓ ‎・Are there any supports from the government to farmers such as providing fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide?

× ・Are there any change in farmers' minds after corona?
✓ Have there been any changes in farmers' minds since COVID19?

× For example, their motivation for growing rice is increased.
✓ For example, their motivation for growing rice has increased.

Everything is already pretty natural, but here are some minor points:

notes: 1. by-> from, or ‘given by’. This is a more common grammar.
2. are there any change-> are there any changes : ‘are’ is plural, so ‘change’ needs to be plural.
3. are there-> ‘have there been’. This is subtle, but it’s like the difference between 何かが変わっていく(are there changes) and 何かが変わってきた(have there been changes). If the timespan is known (ex: ‘since OO until now....’, etc), past tense is more natural.
4. after->since: if you are asking about now, “since” is more natural.
5. corona-> COVID19, ‘coronavirus’, ‘covid’, ‘the pandemic’. Not a big deal, people still say “corona” in english but these terms are more common.

A: It could be correct, but it depends on the context. If you are talking about two separate people that works, but if you are talking about one person it would be “He has been trying to muster support for himself.”

A: It’s not grammatically incorrect but it is unnatural. We would normally say it like this.... I really do appreciate all of your support.

A: Natural and well stated

A: "I appreciate your support and could you please also thank [person] for his/her/their support" or "I appreciate your support and could you please thank [person] for supporting me. "

In English you can’t "tell your appreciation " to another person. You can show your appreciation to someone but in this phrase it would seem a little bit unusual.