[Grammar] I saw he killed

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"I saw he killed my brother"

Could I use a subject after a clause? I think, if I used 'him' it would mean​ 'to be killed'
 

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The sentence is wrong.

I saw him kill/killing my brother.

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The sentence is wrong.

I saw him kill/killing my brother.

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So, I can't use 'subject+past participle' because 'saw' is not an intransitive verb?
 

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"I saw that he killed my brother" is fine. The "that" may be dropped in some casual circumstances.
 

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"I saw that he killed my brother" is fine. The "that" may be dropped in some casual circumstances.

I'd rather use this. I would use 'him' if there's only a clause
 

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I think 'I saw my brother killed by him' is grammatical.

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