Hear a song which
Hello, everyone,
1) They played a song on the radio.
2) Did you hear it?
If I combine two sentences above into one, I can consider following two possible ways;
1. Did you hear them play a song on the radio?
2. Did you hear the song which they played on the radio?
While I think the first pattern is very common and natural, how do natives feel the second with relative clause, natural also or awkward?
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deepcosmos 1. Did you hear them play a song on the radio? That means any song.
- deepcosmos 1.
- Did you hear them play a song on the radio?
- That means any song.
- " deepcosmos 2.
- Did you hear the song which they played on the radio?
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deepcosmos1. Did you hear them play a song on the radio?
That means any song. You want "Did you hear them play the/that song on the radio?"
deepcosmos2. Did you hear the song which they played on the radio?
Nobody I know would put it that way. Use "that" if you must, but I would expect "Did you hear that song on th
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