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Cat navy 425 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Question about sentences

Dear all,

Kindly tell me which of the following sentences is correct.

1) I saw Tom get into his car and drive away.

2) I saw Tom got into his car and drove away.


Thank you.

  

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cat navy 425 1) I saw Tom get into his car and drive away. This illustrates the catenative use of "see". That's a form of "see" followed by a noun, and then followed by another verb.

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  • cat navy 425 1) I saw Tom get into his car and drive away.
  • This illustrates the catenative use of "see".
  • That's a form of "see" followed by a noun, and then followed by another verb.
  • I saw Tom get ...
  • ).
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cat navy 4251) I saw Tom get into his car and drive away.

This illustrates the catenative use of "see". That's a form of "see" followed by a noun, and then followed by another verb.

I saw Tom get ... (and drive ...).

We saw the children cross the street.
I saw him steal your wallet.

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