Which tense is correct?

[Ulysses]

Which verb form of to cross-examine is the right one in the following dependent clause?

We saw the plaintiff cross-examining an officer of the company.
We saw the plaintiff cross-examine an officer of the company.

Both sound right to me but I'm sure that one is wrong.

[bhaisahab]

Which verb form of to cross-examine is the right one in the following dependent clause?

We saw the plaintiff cross-examining an officer of the company.
We saw the plaintiff cross-examine an officer of the company.

Both sound right to me but I'm sure that one is wrong.

Both are correct.

[TheParser]

Which verb form of to cross-examine is the right one in the following dependent clause?

We saw the plaintiff cross-examining an officer of the company.
We saw the plaintiff cross-examine an officer of the company.

Both sound right to me but I'm sure that one is wrong.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Ulysses,


(1) The moderator has given you and me the answer.

(2) May I respectfully add my two cents -- as a non-teacher?

(3) It is only my opinion that there may be a difference:

(a) We saw the plaintiff cross-examining an officer. =

That may mean that we saw part of the cross-examination.

Perhaps the cross-examination started at 10 a.m. and continued

to 11 a.m. We could have entered the courtroom at 10:15 and

stayed for 20 minutes before leaving.

(b) We saw the plaintiff cross-examine an officer. = That may

imply that we saw the whole cross-examination or at least that we

walked in at, say, 10:15 and stayed until it ended.

WARNING: a non-teacher's opinion.

[bhaisahab]

There may be a nuance of meaning but, as I said in answer to the OP's question, they are both correct.