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Matfever Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What wrongs?

hihi,me again again.please check my sentence [H]

We saw him opening the door and go into the house.

Where is the mistake? I think it's have to be "open" [Y] [Y] [Y] [Y]
  

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manhthieugia95 We saw him opening the door This means you watched him [perform the act of] opening the door. One would only use this if one wanted to draw attention to the fact that he actually opened the door. The 'go into the house' portion clashes.

— JoshStafford

  • manhthieugia95 We saw him opening the door This means you watched him [perform the act of] opening the door.
  • One would only use this if one wanted to draw attention to the fact that he actually opened the door.
  • The 'go into the house' portion clashes.
  • ' This would be usual.
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manhthieugia95We saw him opening the door
This means you watched him [perform the act of] opening the door. One would only use this if one wanted to draw attention to the fact that he actually opened the door. The 'go into the house' portion clashes. It would be better stated as 'We saw him opening the door before he went into the house.'

'We saw him
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JoshStaffordWe saw him open the door and go into the house.
This would be usual.
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