I hear vs. I am hearing

[Sajjad Pasha]

Dear Sir
I hear what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.

I am hearing what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.

please give me differance of between two

regards
sajjad paha

[Huda2]

hi,
why
I hear what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit
but not
I was hearing what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit
thanks

[Kharisma]

"I listen to what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit."

the object is "what you are saying"

-cmiiw-

[Senhorita_]

I just want to know: we NEVER use hear in continuous tense?

[Alan]

Hi Senhorita,

It is possible to say 'I am hearing' in a different context from the first meaning of 'hear'. You could say: I can't believe the stories I am hearing about you. This means: I can't believe what people are telling me about you. 'Hear' in this sense means 'receive/get information'. Again in a news report a radio station newsreader could say: We are hearing reports about an earthquake in the south of the country.

Alan
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[Anu_Riya]

[Alan]

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Hi,

If you want to say that you are attentive and paying attention, you can use 'listen' without an object and no preposition 'to'.

Look at this:

A: Please don't interrupt while I'm talking and don't suppose you hear a word I said.

B: Yes I did, I was listening.

The comment made by 'B' could also be: Yes I did I was listening to every word you said.

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[Anu_Riya]

i got it...thanks a lot

[Havan]

thank for explain

[Tortoise]

[Farid Badr]

dear Sir
why the answer is '' am hearing '' not '' hear ''?

thanks

[OxfordBlues]

It's not that 'am hearing' is wrong, it's just unnecessary.

The progressive is an aspect. Aspects deal with the nature of information given. There are two types of aspect, durational and non-durational aspects. A durational aspect uses a structure to express duration. In English, the progressive does this.

Verbs themselves also have a time nature as part of their meaning. Some verbs naturally have duration (meaning they occur over a span of time rather than just in an instant). This characteristic is called aktionsart.

Because the aktionsart of 'hear' is already durational, the progressive aspect (which is used to make a non-durational verb durational) is not needed.

Technically 'I hear what you are saying' and 'I am hearing what you are saying' have the same meaning.

But saying 'I am hearing' is like saying 'that red firetruck is red'. The use of the progressive form of an already durational verb has no additional impact.
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[Alan]

Hi,

Just to jump in here I would add that 'I am hearing' while flouting this 'durational aspect' idea has an idiomatic use. It suggests that stories about something/someone are being talked about. Take this example: I am hearing rumours that you and Kate are going to get married.

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[Hellofriend]

Thx a lot for explaning why we should use 'hear' not 'am hearing'.
I want to ask you that same is the case with 'I listen to what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.'
and 'I am listening to what you are saying but that still doesn't make me want to change my mind one little bit.'(we should use 'listen to' not 'am listening to ').

[Wanderer]

No. I think both listen and listening to are correct as listen is different from hear.
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