-I couldn’t help but laugh
-I couldn’t help laughing
-I couldn’t help laughing
Example:
Anabel: I couldn’t help but laugh when that woman said «estoy caliente» in Spanish, meaning «I’m hot in English) haha.
Norman: yeah, that is a typical mistake… poor her haha.
I can’t help but + do something es una estructura que se usa mucho en inglés y siempre va seguida del infinitivo sin el «to»
-I can’t help but go to visit my parents every week.
-I can’t help but check if you are online on Whatsapp all the time.
Significa que no puedes evitar hacer algo.
La otra estructura usada es: I couldn’t help +verbo acabado en -ing
Example: I couldn’t help laughing…..