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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

-ing or no

Hi

I saw the singer fall off the edge of the stage.

I saw the singer falling off the edge of the stage.

Is it

see/hear/feel sy do sg

or

see/hear/feel sy doing?

The latter sounds more familiar to me.

Thanks
  

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I saw the singer fall off the edge of the stage. I saw the singer falling off the edge of the stage. They are fine.

— Paulio

  • I saw the singer fall off the edge of the stage.
  • I saw the singer falling off the edge of the stage.
  • They are fine.
  • The bare-infinitive in the first example suggests that the doer of the action'I' saw the whole process of falling, whereas -ing in 'falling' gives the idea of seeing one particular period of his falling.
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I saw the singer fall off the edge of the stage.
I saw the singer falling off the edge of the stage.

They are fine.
The bare-infinitive in the first example suggests that the doer of the action'I' saw the whole process of falling, whereas -ing in 'falling' gives the idea of seeing one particular period of his falling.
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