worry vs worries
I saw them go through unemployment and worry about putting food on the table.
I saw them go through unemployment and worries of putting food on the table.
Which is grammatically correct?
Solution 1:
The first is a coordination of plain infinitival verb phrases functioning as complement to saw:
I saw them...
go through unemployment
worry about putting food on the table
The second is a coordination of noun phrases functioning as object to preposition through:
I saw them go through...
unemployment
worries of putting food on the table
Both are grammatical.