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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Participle or simple verb

'we watched the soaring eagle skim over the mountain'
'we watched the soaring eagle skimming over the mountain'

I know the word skimming in the second one makes an adjective phrase,so what's difference in meaning or function?
  

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bmojtaba W e watched the soaring eagle skim over the mountain . We watched the complete action. bmojtaba W e watched the soaring eagle skimming over the mountain .

— Fivejedjon

  • bmojtaba W e watched the soaring eagle skim over the mountain .
  • We watched the complete action.
  • bmojtaba W e watched the soaring eagle skimming over the mountain .
  • We watched at least part, not necessarily all, of the action.
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bmojtabaWe watched the soaring eagle skim over the mountain.
We watched the complete action.
bmojtabaWe watched the soaring eagle skimming over the mountain.
We watched at least part, not necessarily all, of the action.
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fivejedjonWe watched the complete action
It shouldn't be skimmed instead of skim? because the whole sentence is simple past aspect
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bmojtabaIt shouldn't be skimmed instead of skim?
No. Skim is the bare infinitive of the verb.
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bmojtaba:We watched the soaring eagle skim over the mountain.
the above sentence consist of a clause(We watched the soaring eagle) and a phrase(skim over the mountain).
so the whole sentence could be like (We watched the soaring eagle which skimmed over the mountain)

Is it correct??
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fivejedjonNo. Skim is the bare infinitive of the verb.
I am looking forward to seeing your reply about my former post in which i dissected that sentence
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