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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Are they interchangeable without a significant difference?

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00Please tell me if they are basically saying the same thing.02br
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00On hearing of this, his friends came and ...02br
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0 The replacement of 01i00on02i00 with 01i00upon02i00 does not change the meaning.02br
00 Hearing something is a little different from hearing of it (about it), however.02br
00 Hearing something is more direct, and hearing [of / about] something is more indirect.02br
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00 If you tell me you got 100% o

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