Tell me what "break down" exactly means in the following quote? Does it literally mean " destroy "?

"There was no cockroach to have made her ill." Is the tense of "have made her ill" in relation to which tense: now or at that time?

Can we omit the "to" in this sentence? "She was helped to carry the parcels."

Though relatively small in (numbers/number), the Amish people have established a strong identity in North America. Could you tell me which we should choose, "numbers" or "number"?

Thanks! Which should we interprete "have made her ill" as, a past perfect, or a present perfect?

The main difference in opinion among the organizations involved in producing the outline is what should be the target growth rate . This quote is from Daily Yomiuri . Could you tell me which of the following orders comes more naturally to you,

Thanks everyone! Have a nice winter!!! Thanks for helping us whole this year! I hope every one of you'll be around also next year. Does anybody think her knitting is not good, too ? Does anybody think her knitting is not good, either?

Thanks MrMic! Yes I learn from a various media, including books. I realized "thus early" has two meanings, doesn't it? (1) therefore, early (2) this early

Thanks avangi and CJ, I was all confused! I should have written like this: "There was no cockroach to have made her ill." At first I thought "to have made her ill" allows for only the interpretation of "past perfect infinitive"

Mkyol, that must be the reason why I got Google hits like I reported. Come to think of it, my native language, Japanese has a similar usage. We prefer saying or writing "yoroppa no hitobito" (literally "European people") to "yoroppa jin"