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Stephenlearner Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Hear the sound of truck, or hear the truck?

Hi,

Can you tell me which of the followings are more natural?

1) hear the sound of the truck coming; hear the truck coming/come

2) hear the bark of a dog; hear a dog

3) hear the ring of the cellphone; hear the cellphone

4) hear the bleat of the sheep; hear the sheep

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi 1)hear the sound of the truck approaching (sounds slightly better) 2)hear the bark of a dog 3) hear the ring of the cellphone 4) hear the bleat of the sheep And, if you are talking about sheep, truck, cellphone in general, I would suggest using 'a' instead of 'the'. Prajwal

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  • Hi 1)hear the sound of the truck approaching (sounds slightly better) 2)hear the bark of a dog 3) hear the ring of the cellphone 4) hear the bleat of the sheep And, if you are talking about sheep, truck, cellphone in general, I would suggest using 'a' instead of 'the'.
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Hi

1)hear the sound of the truck approaching(sounds slightly better)

2)hear the bark of a dog

3) hear the ring of the cellphone

4) hear the bleat of the sheep

And, if you are talking about sheep, truck, cellphone in general, I would suggest using 'a' instead of 'the'.

Prajwal
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Thank you.

So the latter phrases of each group are not natural.

But Are they incorrect?

I know people say "can you hear me?"

So is it right to say hear a dog, a cellphone, a sheep and a truck?

Stephen
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