I watched my computer repaired by Sam.

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Alice Chu

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Hello.
Could you please tell me if the pattern below is correct?

1. hear/see/watch + object + past participle (with a passive meaning)
1) I heard my favourite song sung by my favourite singer.
2) I saw a boy bitten by a dog.
3) I watched my computer repaired by Sam.
 

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Number three isn't possible.

What's the purpose of all these questions?
 

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Hello.
Could you please tell me if the pattern below is correct?

1. hear/see/watch + object + past participle (with a passive meaning)
1) I heard my favourite song sung by my favourite singer.
2) I saw a boy bitten by a dog.
3) I watched my computer repaired by Sam.

I watched my computer be repaired by Sam.
 

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I would use "being repaired" as in a continual manner.

I watched my computer being repaired by Sam is the passive of I watched Sam repairing my computer.

I watched my computer be repaired by Sam is the passive of I watched Sam repair my computer.
 

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I would use "being repaired" as in a continual manner.

I agree, it may be grammatical but it still sounds unnatural in colloquial English.
 
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Where are you getting these patterns, Alice Chu? Are you just making them up, and then trying to come up with examples to fit? That's not a good approach.
 
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