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Harrison81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hear them/their call

Are the both acceptable and do they have the same meaning?

1) I hear them call.
2) I hear their call.
  

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harrison81 Are the both acceptable and do they have the same meaning? 1) I hear them call. 2) I hear their call.

  • harrison81 Are the both acceptable and do they have the same meaning?
  • 1) I hear them call.
  • 2) I hear their call.
  • Both are acceptable.
  • The meanings are different.
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harrison81Are the both acceptable and do they have the same meaning?

1) I hear them call.
2) I hear their call.
Both are acceptable. The meanings are different.

1) call is a verb. The verb call can mean something like summon.
I think immediately of a person calling another person, like a mother calling her child to he
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"I can hear them calling" might be true

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