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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Grammar of following sentences

What is the grammar of walking and take in the following sentences? Is walking a gerund? What is take? Why is take in the present tense? They saw Tom's dog walking on his back legs. They saw the dog take things to Tom.
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Walking is a participle introducing a nonfinite clause: They saw Tom's dog (who was) walking on his back legs. Take is a bare infinitive (no 'to') also introducing a nonfinite clause. Both forms appear with sense experiences: I heard the man burp.

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  • Walking is a participle introducing a nonfinite clause: They saw Tom's dog (who was) walking on his back legs.
  • Take is a bare infinitive (no 'to') also introducing a nonfinite clause.
  • Both forms appear with sense experiences: I heard the man burp.
  • I heard the man burping.
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Walking is a participle introducing a nonfinite clause: They saw Tom's dog (who was) walking on his back legs.
Take is a bare infinitive (no 'to') also introducing a nonfinite clause.

Both forms appear with sense experiences:

I heard the man burp.
I heard the man burping.
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