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.
 
Number three isn't possible.

What's the purpose of all these questions?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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