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Successor Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Catch on
Hello,
please could you tell me whether the phrasal verb is correctly used in the sentence below. Thank you.
He was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to catch on his every word.
please could you tell me whether the phrasal verb is correctly used in the sentence below. Thank you.
He was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to catch on his every word.
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No; wrong idiom. You mean ' hang on '.
- No; wrong idiom.
- You mean ' hang on '.
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Hi,
please could you tell me whether the phrasal verb is correctly used in the sentence below. Thank you.
He was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to catch on his every word.
No.
catch on to his every word = understand quickly his every word
hang on his every wor
please could you tell me whether the phrasal verb is correctly used in the sentence below. Thank you.
He was a most effective speaker and his audience seemed to catch on his every word.
No.
catch on to his every word = understand quickly his every word
hang on his every wor
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catch on - understand what is going on. Not quite what you want to say here.
Catch every word - to hear or grasp every word. I don't think that's related to him being an effective speaker.
Catch every word - to hear or grasp every word. I don't think that's related to him being an effective speaker.
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