I saw him forget vs I saw him forgot

The correct phrase is "I saw him forget." The verb after "saw" should be in the base form (infinitive form) and not in the past tense form. This is a common structure in English when describing an action witnessed by the speaker.

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I saw him forget

This phrase is correct. The verb after "saw" should be in the base form (infinitive form).

This phrase is used to describe an action that the speaker witnessed in the past. The verb "forget" is in the base form (infinitive) after the verb "saw."

Examples:

I saw him forget his keys at home yesterday.
She saw him leave the room in a hurry.
They saw the dog run across the street.
We saw her eat a whole pizza by herself.
He saw the car crash into the tree.

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I once saw him briefly forget the word for "humans".
You just asked me to forget I saw her.
When I saw her, I forget everything.
Mother before I forget I saw some good water filters at Al Mokhtar much cheaper than at Kanaze.
But if I were you, I'd forget I saw anything.
I saw that and cannot forget it.
Just forget you saw me do this.
Forget you saw me, Miss Gravely.
(Henry): Relax. Forget you saw us.
Relax. Forget you saw us.
I mean, I've never been there, but I fell in love with it like every other 9-year-old girl when I saw the movie "Forget Paris."
People will be writing about this sight for 100 years, and whoever saw it will never forget it.
Look, Zoe, just forget you saw this...
Those who saw it will never forget that night.
Forget you saw this, understand?
Let's forget we saw each other and go our separate ways.
I mean, what we saw is - no, forget what we saw.
People will be writing about this sight for 100 years, and whoever saw it will never forget it.
Any chance you're drunk enough to forget you saw me tonight?
We saw the "Never Forget" tattoos on the cast and crew.

I saw him forgot

This phrase is incorrect. The verb after "saw" should be in the base form (infinitive form) and not in the past tense form.

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From the first moment I saw you, I forgot about everything else.
I was on my way to the bank, - but when I saw you, I forgot all about it...
Okay, in this instance, the creative process was that I saw that name, forgot that I saw it and said it later.
Because after what you saw you forgot about cakes.
After I saw how you maybe forgot to take your pill on day one, and then took pills all day just to be safe, I thought you'd need a little help.
I forgot you saw the famous Pi Sig party fight.
My mother saw the lights but forgot to ask me about them again.
This is a design that once you saw it, you forgot about it.
On reaching the village towards evening, we were tired, but when we saw poor patients we forgot our pains.
I saw him outside school earlier.
I saw him leave with his costume bag.
I saw him thanking the dorm manager last night.
I saw him this morning, vomiting constantly.
Then suddenly, I saw him lying down.
I saw him myself - Vincent Keller.
I saw him kissing her downtown.
I saw him on my way here anyway.
I saw him going into his room.
I saw him trying to kill a policeman.
Look, I saw him this morning outside my window, and then I saw him again. I saw him again in the Council Hall when Soren attacked his mother.

Alternatives:

I saw him forget
I saw that he forgot
I watched him forget
I observed him forgetting
I noticed him forgetting

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