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Roky0071 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaningfull difference between the two sentences

1. I can see her run slowly.
2. I can see her running slowly.
What is the meaningful difference between the two sentences above?
  

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They are identical in meaning. CB

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  • They are identical in meaning.
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They are identical in meaning.

CB
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Can you tell me why they are identical? I understand that 2. I can see her running slowly.> I can see her while she is running slowly.> I can see that she is running slowly. But I do not understand 1. I can see her run slowly. could you explain it?
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roky0071Can you tell me why they are identical?
I don't have the vaguest idea why they are identical. People just use them with the same meaning.

CB
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roky0071 1. I can see her run slowly. 2. I can see her running slowly. What is the meaningful difference between the two sentences above?
In the general case there can be a difference between the catenative patterns "see ... X" and "see ... X-ing". However, in your examples you have neutralized the difference in two ways. You have used the modal "can" before
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Just tell me which one should I use for story telling in the past and real time in the present between the two sentences.
1. I can see her run slowly.
2. I can see her running slowly.
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I saw her run across the park. - I saw her run from one side of the park to the other.
I saw her running across the park. I saw her after she had started running and before she reached the other side.
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What's about "I can see her run slowly" and "I can see her running slowly"?
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Did you not read the responses from CB and CJ?
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