Thursday, January 5, 2017

word usage - Is "None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window." correct?




None of them noticed a large, tawny owl flutter past the window.



I saw this sentence in the book Harry Potter. I think the sentence should be written as:





  1. None of them noticed a large, tawny owl fluttered past the window.




  2. None of them noticed a large, tawny owl fluttering past the window.






The first one takes "a large, tawny owl fluttered past the window." as a full clause with the past tense applied. And the second one takes fluttering as a present participle describing owl.


Did I get something wrong there?



Answer



verbs of sensation:


She saw him run infintive


She saw him running. participle


She saw he ran. reduced clause with finite verb



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