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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
hear+obj+v/v-ing
0 Hi, 02 br
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00 What is the difference between the two sentences? 02 br
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00 Do you hear the phone ring? 02 br
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00 Do you hear the phone ringing? 02 br
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00 What is the difference between the two sentences? 02 br
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00 Do you hear the phone ring? 02 br
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00 Do you hear the phone ringing? 02 br
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00 Thanks 0-
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0 My take: 02 br 02 br 00 ".. " -- You heard it while it was ringing but not from the beginning. Maybe it was ringing for hours but you just heard it for a few seconds.
- 0 My take: 02 br 02 br 00 "..
- " -- You heard it while it was ringing but not from the beginning.
- Maybe it was ringing for hours but you just heard it for a few seconds.
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0 My take: 02 br
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00 ".. hear the phone ringing..." -- You heard it while it was ringing but not from the beginning. Maybe it was ringing for hours but you just heard it for a few seconds. 02 br
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00 "...hear the phone ring..." --- Just from the beginning to the end of its ringing, you heard the ringing voice. 0-
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00 ".. hear the phone ringing..." -- You heard it while it was ringing but not from the beginning. Maybe it was ringing for hours but you just heard it for a few seconds. 02 br
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00 "...hear the phone ring..." --- Just from the beginning to the end of its ringing, you heard the ringing voice. 0-
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0 I interpret them this way: 02 br
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00 Do you hear the phone ring? = Can you hear the phone when it rings? 02 br
00 Do you hear the phone ringing? = Can you hear the phone when it's ringing? --- or: Do you hear the phone? It's ringing. 02 br
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00 Looks like a question you could ask someone who's going deaf 05 0 010id 5
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00 Do you hear the phone ring? = Can you hear the phone when it rings? 02 br
00 Do you hear the phone ringing? = Can you hear the phone when it's ringing? --- or: Do you hear the phone? It's ringing. 02 br
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00 Looks like a question you could ask someone who's going deaf 05 0 010id 5
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0 This is my 2 cents... 02 br
00 When you are with a property manager showing a rental house, you thought you heard the sound of a phone ringing in the kitchen. So you said “Did you hear the phone ring?” 00 (not ringing) 00 which is correct. 02 br
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00 But it’s possible to say “did you hear the phone ring / 00 ringing 00 when you were in the kitchen?” 00
00 When you are with a property manager showing a rental house, you thought you heard the sound of a phone ringing in the kitchen. So you said “Did you hear the phone ring?” 00 (not ringing) 00 which is correct. 02 br
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00 But it’s possible to say “did you hear the phone ring / 00 ringing 00 when you were in the kitchen?” 00
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