A person said this to another person
Dear all,
Suppose, I happened to hear a person said a secret news to another person. Both of them are unknown to me. In this context, please tell me which of the following sentences are apt to tell this matter to a third person. If all are incorrect, please correct them.
1) I happened to hear a person said this secret to another person.
2) I happened to hear someone said this secret to some other person.
3) I happened to hear someone said this secret to someone.
Top answer
This is how you say that: I overheard someone tell someone else this secret. ) However, we are hardly ever so vague. We make things a bit more specific.
- This is how you say that: I overheard someone tell someone else this secret.
- ) However, we are hardly ever so vague.
- We make things a bit more specific.
- For example, instead of saying 'someone' so often, we say something like 'a guy', 'this woman', 'a businessman', etc.
- I overheard a guy tell this to one of his friends at the mall.
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This is how you say that:
I overheard someone tell someone else this secret.
(You tell (someone) a secret; you don't say it.)
However, we are hardly ever so vague. We make things a bit more specific. For example, instead of saying 'someone' so often, we say something like 'a guy', 'this woman', 'a businessman', etc.
I overheard a guy tell this to one
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