help us beting the enemy out of our land

[GoodTaste]

Is "help us beting the enemy out of our land" correct in English? Should it be "help us beat the enemy out of our land"?

 

[emsr2d2]

It should be "beat". He's not a native English speaker so it's perfectly reasonable for him to make some mistakes.

 

[emsr2d2]

Where did you find that picture? I'm now thinking that, without the original recording, we have no idea what he actually said or how he pronounced it. What we have is a quote. Whoever created that picture incorrectly spelled "beating", and wrote "Chief-in-command" where I think it should be "Commander-in-chief" so I suspect they're not a native English speaker either.

 

[Skrej]

It might also be a misspelling of 'getting'. Not that that's very natural, but then neither is 'beating the enemy out of our land'.

 

[GoodTaste]

Where did you find that picture?

https://twitter.com/Mariana_Betsa

 

[emsr2d2]

I've found the original quote in a better source. He said "Western weapons and equipment are helping us drive the enemy out of our land."

Source: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/26/7348645/

 

[jutfrank]

I'm not convinced he said this at all. It sounds very much like a bad translation from original Ukrainian.

 

[GoodTaste]

I'm not convinced he said this at all. It sounds very much like a bad translation from original Ukrainian.

I agree. The commander-in-chief is too busy to master English.

 

[Tdol]

I've found the original quote in a better source. He said "Western weapons and equipment are helping us drive the enemy out of our land."

Source: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/26/7348645/

Drive works much better. You could also use force. If you use beat, then simply beat the enemy would be enough for me.