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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Go or Goes

Do I use "go" or "goes?" Is the sentence correct?

I want to see Kobe Bryant go/goes to the carnival and play their basketball game.
  

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I want to see Kobe Bryant go to the carnival and play basketball.

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  • I want to see Kobe Bryant go to the carnival and play basketball.
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I want to see Kobe Bryant go to the carnival and play basketball.
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Why can't I use "goes" because Kobe is third person? THanks
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The structure is 'see/hear/feel/etc someone/something do'. The finite verb is see/hear/etc. Do is a bare infinitive complement, not a finite verb.
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Correct would be "I want to see Kobe Bryant go to the carnival and play the carnival's basketball game." "Kobe Bryant" is not the subject of the sentence in this case so "go" is not the active verb.
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