[Grammar] Complex Object Question

[northpath]

Which sentence is correct:
I saw an old woman loose her balance and TUMBLE backwards.
Or
I saw an old woman loose her balance and TUMBLED backwards.

Thanks in advance

 

[Gillnetter]

Which sentence is correct:
I saw an old woman loose her balance and TUMBLE backwards.
Or
I saw an old woman loose her balance and TUMBLED backwards.

Thanks in advance

The correct word is "lose". If something is "loose" it is not tight, such as, this shirt is too loose. If you lose something you cannot locate it.
I saw an old woman lose her balance and tumble backwards - She lost (past tense of lose) her balance.
I saw an old woman lose her balance and she tumbled backwards.

 

[northpath]

The correct word is "lose". If something is "loose" it is not tight, such as, this shirt is too loose. If you lose something you cannot locate it.
I saw an old woman lose her balance and tumble backwards - She lost (past tense of lose) her balance.
I saw an old woman lose her balance and she tumbled backwards.

Sorry for my slip of pen, of course I ment the verb 'lose', so the right sentence is
'I saw an old woman lose her balance and tumble backwards', OK?
Another example:
'I saw Jim stride confidently towards Kate and introduce himself', yes?

 

[bhaisahab]

Sorry for my slip of pen, of course I ment the verb 'lose', so the right sentence is
'I saw an old woman lose her balance and tumble backwards', OK?
Another example:
'I saw Jim stride confidently towards Kate and introduce himself', yes?

Yes.

 

[Tdol]

I saw an old woman lose her balance and TUMBLED backwards.

This would imply that the speaker was the one who tumbled.