"him come"
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Jededly
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"him come"
Hi! Which is the function of "him" in the sentence "I saw him come" Is it direct object of "saw" or is it a part of the non-finite clause of "him come"?
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Alan
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Re: "him come"
'Him' is the object of 'saw' and 'come' is an infinitive functioning as object-complement.