"I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom"
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I have a question about the sentence stated below:
"I swear I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom"
(Wild Kingdom is a television program)
In this sentence;
The verb "see" refers to the "birds" performing that action? As in "I've seen the birds doing this."
Or
It refers to "the act" performed by birds? As in "I've seen that birds do this."It's really important to me to get the exact translation. Could you please help me out? I hope I expressed what indeed I mean. Thanks in advance.
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"I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom" is normally understood to mean about the same as "I've seen birds doing this on Wild Kingdom". You've seen birds performing that action. The sentence with "doing" is slightly more vivid in its expression of action in progress.
- "I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom" is normally understood to mean about the same as "I've seen birds doing this on Wild Kingdom".
- You've seen birds performing that action.
- The sentence with "doing" is slightly more vivid in its expression of action in progress.
- It is possible in theory for "I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom" to mean "I've seen that birds do this on Wild Kingdom", but it is not a likely interpretation, at least as far as can be told with no more context.
- Mina Uzun The verb "see" refers to the "birds" performing that action?
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"I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom" is normally understood to mean about the same as "I've seen birds doing this on Wild Kingdom". You've seen birds performing that action. The sentence with "doing" is slightly more vivid in its expression of action in progress.
It is possible in theory for "I've seen birds do this on Wild Kingdom" to mean "I've seen that birds do this on Wild King
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