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Non native so maybe it just gets lost, but I don't get it?
Is the error that the possessive 's is missing at 'dogs' ? If so, then its plural... I don't get it ^^'
Yes, they forgot the apostrophe, so the Dad took "Have you seen the dogs bowl?" to mean "Have you seen the dogs go bowling?"
Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that 'bowl' is short for bowling.
It's not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it's the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. "Have you seen the birds fly?"