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Wowenglish Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Hear/heard
I wonder if there is subtle difference between "1" and "2".
1. I hear you got a new car.
2. I heard you got a new car.
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Hi, There's not a lot of difference, but 'I hear' seems to stress a bit more that you are currently interested. Clive
- Hi, There's not a lot of difference, but 'I hear' seems to stress a bit more that you are currently interested.
- Clive
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Hi,
There's not a lot of difference, but 'I hear' seems to stress a bit more that you are currently interested.
Clive
There's not a lot of difference, but 'I hear' seems to stress a bit more that you are currently interested.
Clive
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If there is a difference, it is very subtle indeed - so subtle that you would find it difficult to find two people who agree on what the subtle difference consists of.
To my ear, the first hints at the possibility that the rumor about the new car is going around among several people - probably because the simple present often expresses a regular recurrence of some kind.
The secon
To my ear, the first hints at the possibility that the rumor about the new car is going around among several people - probably because the simple present often expresses a regular recurrence of some kind.
The secon
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