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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
'hear' the weather forecast
Hi teachers,
What the reason is to say, 'He wanted to hear the weather forecast' and not 'He wanted to listen to the weather forecast'.
'To listen to' implies 'to give attention with the ear; to concentrate on hearing something, and that's the purpose, isn't it?
By the way, this forecast was heard 'on the radio'.
Thanks in advance.
What the reason is to say, 'He wanted to hear the weather forecast' and not 'He wanted to listen to the weather forecast'.
'To listen to' implies 'to give attention with the ear; to concentrate on hearing something, and that's the purpose, isn't it?
By the way, this forecast was heard 'on the radio'.
Thanks in advance.
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Tenacious Learner 'He wanted to hear the weather forecast' He wanted the knowledge resulting from listening to the forecast. Compare: I listened to the news, but I could not hear it because the neighbors were shouting.
- Tenacious Learner 'He wanted to hear the weather forecast' He wanted the knowledge resulting from listening to the forecast.
- Compare: I listened to the news, but I could not hear it because the neighbors were shouting.
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Tenacious Learner'He wanted to hear the weather forecast'He wanted the knowledge resulting from listening to the forecast. Compare:
I listened to the news, but I could not hear it because the neighbors were shouting.
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your explanation and example. Now it's very clear.
TL
Thanks for your explanation and example. Now it's very clear.
TL
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Hi Mister Micawber,
On second thought, is this one correct?
"I listened to the news, but I could not hear it because the neighbors were shouting", because in fact I didn't listened to it.
Isn't this one better?
I was going to listen to the news, but I couldn't hear it because the neighbors we
On second thought, is this one correct?
"I listened to the news, but I could not hear it because the neighbors were shouting", because in fact I didn't listened to it.
Isn't this one better?
I was going to listen to the news, but I couldn't hear it because the neighbors we
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No. He listened (i.e. he turned his attention to the sound) but he did not hear it (i.e. he did not comprehend its message).
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