Are these both ok? We felt something move/moving in the bush and got scared.
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Hi Heidi. Yes both are fine.
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Both are correct. The two choices differ grammatically and emphasize different things. Neither is better than the other.
"We felt something move" uses a "bare infinitive". In addition to "feel", the verbs "see", "hear", "make", and "let" are often followed by a bare infinitive:
"We heard her sing"
"They made me dance"
"Let me play"
"We felt something moving" uses the adjective "moving" to describe "something". In other words we felt something and it was a moving thing.
The difference in emphasis comes from the fact that adjectives are descriptive. "Moving" is an adjective that paints a portrait to help you to imagine what was happening.
The first choice uses verbs alone. This places the emphasis on action, not description. It doesn't paint a picture. It simply tells what happened.
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I would say that ‘felt’ is wrong. ‘Heard’ or ‘saw’ are possible.
‘Move’ and ‘moving’ are both ok, but I think a native speaker would be more likely to use ‘move’ to convey that there was a one-time brief sound. ‘Moving’ would be the more general default.
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Both structures are good. You could also use 'saw' instead of 'felt' if you saw the thing move/moving--to feel something move is more typically used when the thing is very close to you/in close proximity, so it's not impossible, but could sound slightly unusual unless you were sitting in the bush and were thus able to 'feel' movement from within it.
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Hello Heidi!
Both sentences are grammatically correct, but they emphasize different aspects of the experience:
Use "move" for a more instantaneous feeling.
Use "moving" for a sense of ongoing action.
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