#Different_meanings#Grammar ⚫️ See somebody do 🆚 See somebody doing. ⚫️🔘Study this example situation:
⬇️🔆Tom got into his car and drove off . You saw this.
You can say:
🔸I saw Tom get into his car and drive off .
We say ‘I saw him do something’ (= he did it
and I saw this).
In the same way, you can say:
(I hear /listen to/ watch /feel
somebody do something
/ something happen)
#Example🔹I didn’t hear you come in.
(you came in – I didn’t hear this)
🔹Lisa suddenly
felt somebody touch her on the shoulder.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖🔘Study this example situation :
⬇️🔹Yesterday you saw Kate. She was waiting for a bus.
👉🔆I
saw Kate waiting for a bus.
We say ‘I saw her doing something’
(= she was doing it and I saw this).
In the same way, you can say:
( I hear/listen to/watch/feel/smell/ find
somebody doing something
/something happening).
🔹I could hear it raining.
(it was raining – I could hear it)
🔹Listen to the birds singing!
🔹Can you smell something burning?
🔹We looked for Paul and finally we found him sitting under a tree eating an apple.
🔘Study the difference in meaning :⬇️🔹I saw him do something = he did something and I saw this.
🔺 I saw the complete action from start to finish:
🔹He jumped over the wall and ran away. I saw this.
→ I saw him jump over the wall and run away.
🔹They went out. I heard this. → I heard them go out.
🔹I saw him doing something = he was doing something and I saw this.
🔺I saw him in the middle of doing something (not from start to finish):
🔹I saw Tom as I drove past in my car. He was walking along the street.
→ I saw Tom walking along the street.
🔹I heard them. They were talking. → I heard them talking.
🚫Sometimes the difference is not important and you can use either form:🔷I’ve never seen her dance.
✅or I’ve never seen her dancing.
🔹🔸🔷🔶 @E_LANGU 🔶🔷🔸🔹