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Re: Grammar Questions
Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.165.8.100
Date: Monday, January 16, 2006, at 01:13:28
In Reply To: Grammar Questions posted by knivetsil on Monday, January 16, 2006, at 00:21:12:

> Here's a grammatical construction that has been bothering me all day.
>
> Consider the sentence, "I saw him do ten push-ups."
>
> Is "him" the subject of "saw," or is it the direct object of "do"? Or both?
> If "him" is the subject of "do" then why is it not "he"?
> What is the tense/mood of "do"? It's not conjugated, and it's not quite an infinitive (since it's not "to do"), which suggests that it's not indicative.
> I'm utterly confused.
>
> kniv"English is so convoluted..."etsil

Try this link, for part of that.


Link: "I saw him ..."

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