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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
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I saw him to take a taxi away.
If I express "I saw him take a taxi and go away.", can I say "I saw him to take a taxi away."?
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wangqh2696122If I express "I saw him take a taxi and go away.", can I say "I saw him to take a taxi away."?Probably, but context will be the final determiner.
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I wouldn't. In fact, I would say these, or a variant:
"I saw him take a taxi and ride away."
"I saw him get in his car and drive away."
"I saw him get on his bike and pedal away."
"I saw him take a taxi and ride away."
"I saw him get in his car and drive away."
"I saw him get on his bike and pedal away."
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AlpheccaStarsI wouldn't. In fact, I would say these, or a variant:"I saw him take a taxi and ride away.""Does the sentence mean "He drove the taxi" or "the taxi driver drove the taxi"?
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If you simply say 'I saw him take a taxi', you don't really need to add 'away', because that is implied.
We know that if you take a taxi you go somewhere.
If we mean that 'he' drove the taxi, we would say it another way because that would be a very unusual meaning.
We know that if you take a taxi you go somewhere.
If we mean that 'he' drove the taxi, we would say it another way because that would be a very unusual meaning.
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wangqh2696122Does the sentence mean "He drove the taxi" or "the taxi driver drove the taxi"?Without any other information, we would assume he was the paying passenger.
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