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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?


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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #16 (permalink) Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:18 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think the explanation might be put this way:
I didn't hear what you said because I was not listening.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #17 (permalink) Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:57 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Hi,

What is the difference between "wasn't" and "didn't"?

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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #18 (permalink) Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:42 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Hi Saravan,

Please take a look at these examples:

He wasn't at home last night.
I wasn't happy with the results.
The product wasn't available yesterday.


"wasn't" is followed by a noun or an adjective.

She didn't call the client yesterday.
He didn't finish the report.
We didn't meet with the customer.


"didn't" is followed by a verb.

Let me know what you think.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #19 (permalink) Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:54 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Hi,

Thanks, Which brings a clear picture for me.

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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #20 (permalink) Sat Nov 01, 2008 13:57 pm   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

I think "listen" need the attention, but you can heard things you do not want to heard. Am I correct?
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #21 (permalink) Sat Nov 01, 2008 15:40 pm   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Hi Kory

Yes, you often hear things even when you do not want to hear them.

When you listen to someone or something you are paying attention to something specific.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #22 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 0:51 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
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Hear is the wrong verb; we do not use it when we make a conscious effort to pay attention to voices or sounds we use listen to.

In addition, such verbs of unconscious sensation (hear, see, feel, smell, etc) do not usually appear in progressive form.
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Hi Mister Micawber,

I understand your difference between hear and listen. However, when you explain that the unconscious sensation words do not usually appear in progressive form, I have seen " I am feeling great." " I am seeing things." "It is smelling." So, are all these correct sentences?
Thank you.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #23 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:17 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

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Yes, you have. Still, they do not usually appear in progressive aspect. Those sentences can be used in certain contexts, but are usually incorrect when used by learners of the language. (Your last one, however is not a sensation--it is an activity of the smelly item. 'I am smelling' is the form that is unlikely.)
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #24 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:24 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

Hi Mister Micawber,

Thank you for your speedy response. I know it's not easy to master English and it's not something you can learn it over night. I guess I just have to read more and ask questions when I encounter something I don't understand. I deeply appreciate your valuable time and your dedication to help people like me who really serious about mastering and fine tune my English but have limited time in the day to take a course in the community college. Due to long hours of work, I am very exhaused to attend an English class. I had tried it before but the class didn't help me much, perhaps I didn't know how to ask questions, to express my questions and also too embarrassed to ask questions in class. I guess I have more vocabularies now and gain more understanding of the language than before. Therefore, it helps me to express my questions easier. I hope someday I can help others like the way you have been helping us (non-English speakers) to improve their English skills. THANK YOU! I will talk to you later in ESL grammar form.

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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #25 (permalink) Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:30 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

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Our pleasure, Tiffany, and thank you for the kind remarks.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #26 (permalink) Fri Feb 20, 2009 18:19 pm   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

I'm terribly sorry but I ......... what you said just now and I wonder if you could repeat it.

(a) wasn't listen to
(b) wasn't hearing
(c) didn't hear
(d) didn't hearing

-_-!!!! I am so sorry but I am so confusing why "said" doesn't change to "say" because it follow didn't hear in this question... or this is from different sentences!
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #27 (permalink) Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:16 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

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It is past; the other person spoke before this sentence.
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #28 (permalink) Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:28 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #29 (permalink) Fri May 15, 2009 0:15 am   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

I am confused at using hear or listen?
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How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"? #30 (permalink) Sat May 16, 2009 22:21 pm   How do we use this question tag: "didn't hear"?
 

im not know different btwen here and lisning
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