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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

listen in on

They are listening [to/in on] our conversation.

Which is correct? Is there any difference?
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I can't hear any real difference. Perhaps in on signifies that they are listening closely to every word.

— Optilang

  • I can't hear any real difference.
  • Perhaps in on signifies that they are listening closely to every word.
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I can't hear any real difference.

Perhaps in on signifies that they are listening closely to every word.
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I believe the correct one is "They are listening to our conversation". In this "to" refer to their conversation, but I am not expert in grammar let us wait for others response.

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Lata
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They could be the same, but "listen in on" somehow has a sense of taking steps to do so.

If I'm at a restaurant and the table next to me has people talking loudly, I can listen to the conversation without trying very hard. However, if I'm at home and I know my husband is talking to some woman and I'm suspicious, I could pick up another extension of the phone and listen in on their convers
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