Timeline for Should this verb be in the third-person singular form, the infinitive form, or the present participle form? [duplicate]
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| Jun 27, 2020 at 18:43 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Why not trim back to the basics? I like hearing him sing / I like hearing him singing / *I like hearing him sings. | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 18:26 | history | closed |
user 66974 Edwin Ashworth Jason Bassford tchrist♦ |
Duplicate of "Heard me [infinitive]" vs. "heard me [present participle]" | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 7:36 | vote | accept | Maxyeet | ||
| Jun 27, 2020 at 4:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 27, 2020 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1276711852798619648 | ||
| Jun 26, 2020 at 23:58 | history | edited | tchrist♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2020 at 23:42 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @JohnLawler Your answer wasn't there when I started typing my own, believe me. :) But I think I've said the same thing as you have, just using far more words to do so. If I've left something out or hand-waved too broadly, do please let me know. | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 23:35 | answer | added | tchrist♦ | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 23:03 | comment | added | John Lawler | Not third person singular. That would make it a tensed clause, and watch can't take a that-complement. The other two are both OK, because watch is a sense verb, and they can take either gerund complements (look at/watch him skiing) or infinitive complements without to (look at/watch him ski). | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 22:24 | history | edited | Maxyeet | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2020 at 22:06 | history | asked | Maxyeet | CC BY-SA 4.0 |