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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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caught something in his eye

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0The expression is "Something caught his eye." It means he saw something.02br
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00I have never heard of "catching something in your eye."0-
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0My other interpretation is a bug/splinter or something small in his eye from rubbing against something by accident. Is that possible?0-
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0"I got something in my eye" would be the ordinary way to express having a bit of sand, dirt, ash, or whatever in one's eye. Usually this happens just from stuff in the air or blowing in the wind, not from rubbing against something. It's pretty hard to rub against something with your eye, although I suppose it's possible. 02br
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0Thanks. Yes, I know the idiomatic version "I got sometihng in my eye." I heard on TV, a guy said that. Maybe I heard it incorrectly again. Sometimes it drives me nuts that I thought I understood the meaning but it turned out I was not only wrong but totally off. Good thing is I have you guys to correct me 050010id1
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0Hi New2grammar02br
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00I heard on TV, a guy 01b00say02b00 that ... (NOT 'said)0-
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0I struggled a bit when I wrote that. I know I must use the bare infinitive (I guess that's the term) after 01i00heard02i00 but 01i00on TV02i00 threw me off. Thanks, YL.0-
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0<<<I heard on TV, a guy 01b00say02b00 that ... (NOT 'said01sup01b00???02b02sup00)>>>02br
00"heard" is past tense. There is nothing wrong with "a guy 01sup00"said"02sup00 that" where I live.02img0-
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0I heard on TV, a guy 01b00say02b00 that ...02br
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00There's something odd about this. Better possibilities:02br
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00I heard on TV (that) a guy said that. (You didn't actually hear him say it -- you heard a report about him saying it.)02br
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00I heard a guy on TV say that. (He said it on TV while you we
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10Thanks. Yes, I know the idiomatic version "I got sometihng in my eye." I heard on TV, a guy said that. Maybe I heard it incorrectly again. Sometimes it drives me nuts that I thought I understood the meaning but it turned out I was not only wrong but totally off. Good thing is I have you guys to correct me
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