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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Do

In the sentence: "I watched him do it." Why is "do" in the present when the rest of the sentence is in the past tense?
  

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Anonymous Why is "do" in the present It is not in the present; it is the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').

  • Anonymous Why is "do" in the present It is not in the present; it is the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').
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AnonymousWhy is "do" in the present
It is not in the present; it is the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').

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