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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

See you Be happy

Let me see you be happy is ok, but why Can I see you be happy doesn't make sense?

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" makes any less sense than "Let me see you be happy".

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  • " makes any less sense than "Let me see you be happy".
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I don't see why "Can I see you be happy?" makes any less sense than "Let me see you be happy".
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Thank you.

Then you think they are both ok or not ok?
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onizoThank you.Then you think they are both ok or not ok?
They are OK in conversational use. To my eye they look a little ungainly written down.
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Thank you again.

Then how about "show me you be happy"?
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khoffNo.
Thank you.

What is my sentence asking you that it doesn't make sense to you?
You wouldn't say no to "show me you being happy", would you?
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onizoYou wouldn't say no to "show me you being happy", would you?
"Show me you being happy" is possible.

"Show me you be happy" is not possible,
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Thank you again.
GPY onizoYou wouldn't say no to "show me you being happy", would you?"Show me you being happy" is possible."Show me you be happy" is not possible,
Can you try to show why it is impossible? what does be tell you to do?
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onizoCan you try to show why it is impossible?
It is a property of the verb "show" (or, rather, absence of a property that "see" has)

see someone do something -- OK
see someone doing something -- OK

show (someone) someone do something -- No
show (someone) someone doing something -- OK
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Thank you GPY. Great explanation!

I have ask one more thing; would you say "show me a being frightened face"?
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