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Sentence: Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking...



 
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Sentence: Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking... #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 05, 2008 21:16 pm   Sentence: Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking...
 

Hello,

Could you please tell me which sentence is correct? (if any of them is)

1 Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking to.
2 Always be interested and listen to the person who you talk to.
3 Always listen to and be interested in the person who you are talking to.
4 Always listen to and be interested in the person who you talk to.


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Sentence: Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking... #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:25 am   Sentence: Always be interested and listen to the person who you are talking...
 

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These are OK (all are informal English):

1 Always be interested in and listen to the person who you are talking to.
2 Always be interested in and listen to the person who you talk to.
3 Always listen to and be interested in the person who you are talking to.
4 Always listen to and be interested in the person who you talk to.
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