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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Hear?

I'm wondering that for what effect and at what situation can 'hear' take the progressive aspect.
e.g. I am hearing you perfectly.
Am I hearing you right?
I'm not hearing properly.

And, in usual conversations, do the native speakers naturally and often use 'hear' with progressive aspect?
  

Top answer

In general, no. " sounds more natural and is more common.

— Switchbreak

  • In general, no.
  • " sounds more natural and is more common.
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In general, no. There are certain cases where one might use the expression "are you hearing me?" but in most cases "can you hear me?" sounds more natural and is more common.
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The sensory verbs are used in the progressive only in certain circumstances. The examples you have give are correct.
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cho7712Am I hearing you right?
One common situation:
There is nothing wrong with the speakers ears. He is incredulous, shocked, or surprised about what he is hearing.
cho7712 I am hearing you perfectly.
The speaker accepts, but does not agree with what the other person (perhaps his boss) is saying.
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Thanks for your answer, Switchbreak
and then it seems like a little difference between 'are you hearing me' and 'can you hear me'.
The former emphasizes the speaker's volition not the continuous sense,
Is my guess correct?
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Thanks for your answer, Philip
I might have to deal with many more examles to understand the distinction between stative and dynamic verbs.
btw, would you let me know any realiable source to have a lot of exmaples with this subject?
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars.
Given your contexts, I understand it straight away.
Then what about the discretion of using progressive in this type of sensory verbs, say,
the context types,situations, the role of the speaker that function as division points between stative usage and dynamic usage.
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