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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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correct the sentence

I was very surprised at hearing the news
  

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Anonymous I was very surprised at hearing the news
It would be far more natural to say "I was very surprised to hear the news"

COCA has onlt 25 citations for surprised at verb + ing-form. It has 3,718 for surprised to verb.

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