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'hear of' or 'hear about'



 
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'hear of' or 'hear about' #1 (permalink) Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:17 am   'hear of' or 'hear about'		  
Hi,

can you explain the difference between: to hear of smth and to hear about smth Question

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'hear of' or 'hear about' #2 (permalink) Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:50 am   'hear of' or 'hear about'		  
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HERE'S one brief explanation.
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'hear of' or 'hear about' #3 (permalink) Wed Jun 03, 2009 18:09 pm   'hear of' or 'hear about'		  
I think that there is no apparent difference between the two verbs ,except that the preposition changes from (of) to (about)...But we should know the difference between (hear)and(listen to)...
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