The phrase "guided him on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express the idea of providing someone with help or guidance. For example: My friend's previous experiences guided him on his journey to success.
It was Toscanelli who provided Columbus with the map that guided him on his first voyage.
John Schwartz's account, in his essay on audiobooks ("When Words Sing," May 19), of Rita Moreno's reading of Sonia Sotomayor's "My Beloved World" called to mind an exchange I had with the actor-director Sean Penn when I guided him on a location scouting mission here in Portland a few years ago.
Things came to a head, though, with "Sachsgate" in October 2008, when Ross and Russell Brand left offensive messages on the voicemail of the actor Andrew Sachs during Brand's Radio 2 show; Ross left the BBC but Cresswell expertly guided him on to ITV, where his chat show, and his celebrity pre-eminence, continues unabated.
His parents were very supportive of his ambition and guided him on this route during his youth, enrolling him in a school of "voice" directed by Ramon Marin.
He must choose one to guide him on earth, thereby forfeiting the other forever.
Every step a tourist takes seems to be guiding him on a tour of Polish suffering.
Griffinite had a fine rider in Jose Santos set to guide him on Saturday.
Before arriving in Salalah he had arranged with a local Bedouin leader – Sheikh Salih bin Kalut – for a group to guide him on his way.
His willful anachronism will guide him on his path through the century until it brings him here, to this bed where he now sleeps.
And maybe it's not relevant to note that, having acquired some self-knowledge, Niggle departs in the company of a shepherd who has offered to guide him on his final journey.
McDonnell has appointed a raft of high-profile economics advisers to guide him on macro-economic policy at meetings once a quarter, including the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty, the author of Capital in the 21st Century.
