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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

See him go vs see him going

1. I see my brother go to school every day. Can I rewrite the sentence such as "I see that my brother goes to school every day."?

2. I see my brother going to school every day. Can I rewrite "I see that my brother is going to school every day"? and what is the meaningful difference between the two sentences?
  

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"I see my brother go to school every day" means that you physically see him do that with your eyes. "I see that my brother goes to school every day" could mean that you make sure he goes, or that you have discovered (by observation or otherwise) that this is what he does. "I see my brother going to school every day" means that you physically see him.

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  • "I see my brother go to school every day" means that you physically see him do that with your eyes.
  • "I see that my brother goes to school every day" could mean that you make sure he goes, or that you have discovered (by observation or otherwise) that this is what he does.
  • "I see my brother going to school every day" means that you physically see him.
  • "I see that my brother is going to school every day" cannot mean that you make sure.
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"I see my brother go to school every day" means that you physically see him do that with your eyes.

"I see that my brother goes to school every day" could mean that you make sure he goes, or that you have discovered (by observation or otherwise) that this is what he does.

"I see my brother going to school every day" means that you physically see him.

"I see that my broth
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I see my brother go to school every day. (Every day you look at your brother as he goes to school.)
I see that my brother goes to school every day. (You are responsible for your brother. You make sure that he goes to school every day.)

I see my brother going to school every day. (You are looking at your brother as he walks by you on the way to school. This happe
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