Grammar~

1) is okay Jane though I might have "…as the wind blew…" or even "swept" or "carried"

you mean the best version will be: He watched as the wind blew his pages away...What about: He watched as the wind blow his pages away...What is the difference in the sentences? tx!

if someone could explain to me what is the difference in these two sentences and which one sounds more grammatically correct! Thanks a lot!

my understanding is that both statements are correct, but they just describe the process differently. Am I right?

The better, and entirely collo

Not so good 'cause tense shifts. But you could write, "…watched the wind…"

Doubtless one of our expert esl grammarians could better respond

tx!
For very little I'm afraid

Both are equally correct.

Both are describing a situation in the past where a person did something (watched) at the same time as something happened (pages were blown away)

1. He watched the wind blow his pages away.

This sentence uses a first verb (watched) followed a noun (wind) followed by the infinitive or base form of a verb (blow). We can only do this with certain first verbs: feel, hear, help, let, make, see, and watch.

I felt the phone vibrate
She heard the bell ring
You helped me climb the stairs
They let me sleep
The teacher made me work
I will see the sun rise
You watched me run

2. He watched as the wind blew his pages away.

This sentence uses a first verb (watched) followed by a conjunction (as) (we can use while) which we can use for saying that something happens at the same time as something else, followed by the simple past tense of a verb (blew). This way of describing things happening at the same time can use any first verb.

I waited while the paint dried
We danced as the music played
He sang as he worked
The drunk man swayed as he walked
Nero fiddled while Rome burned

Both ways are acceptable.

He watched the wind blow his pages away. Okay

He watched the wind blew his pages away. Ungrammatical

I believe we have established that.

Contrex: I believe we have established that.

OP: He watched the wind blow his pages away
OR
He watched the wind blew his pages away

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2. He watched as the wind blew his pages away.
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Your number 2. is not the same as the OP's 2nd one, C.

I incorporated an earlier correction by another (i.e. I inserted 'as').

C: I incorporated an earlier correction by another (i.e. I inserted 'as').

Which wasn't what Jane was asking about - a couple of times referring everyone back to her initial posting.

Why don't you help out the lady, General Tojo, instead of running your mouth like a prick?

That's exactly what I did, help Jane out, after I saw how badly you were ******* things up, C.

It was you, my little thief/coward, who shot your mouth off when it was you, my little thief/coward, that misread the entire thread.

And it is you, my little thief/coward, who isn't human enough to simply apologize.

JTT is clearly mentally ill, others may care to note.

You have the attention span of a gnat, Contrex the "English teacher".