saw him eat vs saw him ate

The correct phrase is "saw him eat." The verb "eat" should be in the base form after the verb "saw." The incorrect phrase "saw him ate" uses the past tense of the verb "eat" incorrectly.

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saw him eat

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe witnessing someone eating in the past. The verb "eat" is in the base form after the verb "saw."

Examples:

I saw him eat a sandwich yesterday.
She saw the cat eat its food.
They saw us eat at the restaurant.
He saw her eat the cake.
We saw the birds eat the seeds.

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SHE SAID SHE SAW HIM EAT THE PLANT.
I saw him eat the forbidden fruit.
Albin, you saw him eat a bat...
I was kicked out before I saw him eat it.
I saw him eat jelly beans, so I would get those.
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
Nobody saw him eat.
There are two possibilities - either the parents saw him eat the plant, or the kid has unsupervised time and eats plants insteadof playing with blocks.
I saw you eat some dude's face.
I saw you eat lunch alone.
Tell me you saw her eat that bug.
The last green thing I saw you eat was a Skittle.
I saw you eat a crayon...
You saw me eat the bouillon.
I saw you eat cake out of it once.
OK, I saw you eat 5 cups Count Chocula at once.
We saw them eat those other toys.
In a couple of movies I saw people eat like this but they had four or five servants.
I think it's that starfish we all saw you eat.
And while you two were out surfing... by the way, I saw you eat it on that one wave.

saw him ate

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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while he ate, saw him into his blankets at night and out of them in the morning.
I saw a beast that ate poison rise from the dead.
As usual, ate and saw.
I saw that you ate a bit too much, are you okay?
Sat at a table, ate, saw and sang, the gendarme officer in about ten soldiers and with a kamenetsky asessor at the head suddenly enters and surrounds all tavern.
Hence the people connected with him ate a great deal of meat and his popularity grew.
Barely saw him for a minute.
I saw him myself - Vincent Keller.
Said she saw him stealing drugs.
Witnesses say they saw him standing alone.
Saw him outside the police station.
I saw him leave with his costume bag.
I saw him outside school earlier.
Then suddenly, I saw him lying down.
I saw him thanking the dorm manager last night.
I just saw him not 15 minutes ago.
My saw him occasionally Sunday lunch.
I saw him this morning, vomiting constantly.
Helen Michaels saw him collect your boy.
Enough Grounders saw him at the village.

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