[Grammar] We felt the whole building shake violently when the earthquake happened.

[kadioguy]

a. We felt the whole building shake violently when the earthquake happened.
b. We felt the whole building shaking violently when the earthquake happened.
c. We felt the whole building shaken violently when the earthquake happened.
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I know that (a) and (b) are acceptable, but how about (c)?
Could you tell me if (c) is acceptable? Could you tell me the reason?

 

[99bottles]

The second one.

Not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

99bottles, please read this extract from the forum's Posting Guidelines:


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[emsr2d2]

Also, 99bottles, you didn't actually try to answer the OP's question. They said they knew a) and b) were OK but wanted to know if c) was acceptable.

kadioguy, c) doesn't work. You could say:

We felt the whole building being shaken violently ...
The whole building was shaken violently ...