Emotions & feelings
can't help it
be unable to stop yourself
If you cannot help it, you cannot stop yourself from doing or feeling something.
Hear it in real life
Stop singing that song!
Sorry, I can't help it; it's stuck in my head.
I can't help it if I laugh when I'm nervous.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I can't help to laugh.
Say: I can't help laughing.
After “can't help,” use an -ing form, or use the fixed phrase “can't help it.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
can't help it; I can't help laughing; can't help but laugh
Your turn: say it out loud
I can't help it if I laugh when I'm nervous.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
can't help it
be unable to stop yourself
“I can't help it if I laugh when I'm nervous.”
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