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I'm still left thinking about the difference between examples such as:
Have you heard that new CD by...?
Have you listened to that new CD by...?
Can you enlighten me, T? |
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| #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:57 am listen vs. hear? |
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Hi Molly,
That is a very interesting question! I am going to suggest that there is a suggestion in: Have you heard that new CD by...? of 'heard about' whereas 'listened to' is precise. What do you think?
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| #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:01 am listen vs. hear? |
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| Alan wrote: | Hi Molly,
That is a very interesting question! I am going to suggest that there is a suggestion in: Have you heard that new CD by...? of 'heard about' whereas 'listened to' is precise. What do you think?
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Not sure. I'd use them interchangeably in this case.
A: Have you heard/listened to that new CD by...?
B: No, I haven't heard/listened it yet.
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I think one has to look at words in context when describing their use. In some expression words can be wholly synonymous and in other expressions they can be part-synonymous, etc. I think "hear" and "listen" have such possibilities.
For example:
A: Have you heard that new CD by...?
B: No, I haven't heard/listened it yet. |
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| #5 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:02 am listen vs. hear? |
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"Have you heard that new CD...?" means "Did you happen to hear it somewhere?" For example you could have heard it at a party where a friend of yours put it on.
"Have you listened to that new CD...?" means "Did you buy or get that new CD and did you listen to all the songs that are on it?"
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| #6 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:09 am listen vs. hear? |
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| Torsten wrote: | "Have you heard that new CD...?" means "Did you happen to hear it somewhere?" For example you could have heard it at a party where a friend of yours put it on.
"Have you listened to that new CD...?" means "Did you buy or get that new CD and did you listen to all the songs that are on it?" |
Not always so, I think, T.
How about:
"Did you buy or get that new CD and did you hear all the songs that are on it?"
What do you think? |
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| #7 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 13:18 pm listen vs. hear? |
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You can hear something without listening to it. A mother of young children hears that they are talking, but if they're not fighting, she often doesn't listen.
Muzak is made just to be heard, but not listened to.
Dvorak's Stabat Mater was made to be listened to. |
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| #8 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 16:18 pm listen vs. hear? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | You can hear something without listening to it. A mother of young children hears that they are talking, but if they're not fighting, she often doesn't listen.
Muzak is made just to be heard, but not listened to.
Dvorak's Stabat Mater was made to be listened to. |
Yes, I think we know that, Jamie, but how does it relate to Alan's article? |
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| #9 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 16:24 pm listen vs. hear? |
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| I don't read Alan's articles. |
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| #10 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 16:59 pm listen vs. hear? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | I don't read Alan's articles. |
Why? |
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| #11 (permalink) Thu Sep 04, 2008 17:09 pm listen vs. hear? |
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| I think you mean to ask why not. |
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