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modelena
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Dear friends,
could you help me with these doubts, please?
Which one is correct?
a) I heard my parents talk about a holiday in Greece
b) I heard my parents speak about a holiday in Greece
c) I heard my parents talking about a holiday in Greece
d) I heard my parents speaking about a holiday in Greece
Thank you for your help!
Elena
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25 May 2012
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cunliffe
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They all sound fine to me. I think the one people are the most likely to say is c) |
25 May 2012
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halcon
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the difference is that when i say
I heard my friends talking about holiday
it means i heard them in the middle of the conversation....
but when i say
i heard them to talk about the holiday...it means that i heard the whole conversation.....
I saw Thomas washing his car ( i saw him doing it)
I saw tomas wash the car (i saw the whole action)
I have read about this in my books...
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25 May 2012
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dafodil
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All sound correct grammatically, there is only a little difference in meaning. I heard my parents talk about (..), it means that I heard the whole conversation, and we use the ing form to suggest that we heard part of the conversation. |
25 May 2012
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rickbell
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A and B mean that you are always hearing them talking about this holiday. C and D mean that you heard them talkimg about it just once. But SPEAK and Talk could be used with the continuous tense, so I �d say C AND D!!!
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25 May 2012
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modelena
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Thank you all, now it �s clear to me!
Hugs and have a nice weekend
elena
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25 May 2012
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