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Expression "it's only hear say"



 
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Expression "it's only hear say" Mon Feb 23, 2004 15:49 pm  Expression "it's only hear say"
 

Test No. incompl/inter-9 "Say/Tell", question 4

You shouldn't take any notice of that because it's only hear..........

(a) telling
(b) says
(c) tells
(d) say

Test No. incompl/inter-9 "Say/Tell", answer 4

You shouldn't take any notice of that because it's only hearsay.

Correct answer: (d) say
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I don't understand the expression 'it's only hear say'.

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Hearsay Mon Feb 23, 2004 16:19 pm  Hearsay
 

Hi Thinker,

'Hearsay' is information that people receive from other people by word of mouth. Oftentimes there is no evidence whether or not the information is true. You 'hear people say' something but you don't know how much of it is real.
Another word might be 'gossip' or 'rumours'.
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Expression "it's only hear say" Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:13 am  Expression "it's only hear say"
 

Hi,

Could you tell me the 'hearsay' here in 'it's only hearsay' is a noun or an adjective?

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Expression "it's only hear say" Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:50 am  Expression "it's only hear say"
 

I't's a noun, Haihao.

To use hearsay as an adjective, it would have to precede a noun:
That's hearsay information.

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Expression "it's only hear say" Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:29 am  Expression "it's only hear say"
 

Hi Haihao,

You can substitute 'hearsay' as a noun with an alternative noun having the same meaning -'rumour'.

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