Re: Grammar Questions
gremlinn, on host 24.165.8.100
Monday, January 16, 2006, at 01:13:28
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.
"I saw him ..."
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