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Bookmark or Share- What the difference between "Did you hear..?" and "Have you heard..?"Did you hear: seems to apply authenticity and directly asking them, did you? Where as have you heard is little polite, I would say. Both are used interchangeably.
- "Hear hear" or "here here" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange1. "Hear hear" is found in the (Hebrew) Old Testament, 2 Sam. 20:16. It is written in the imperative 2nd person plural, and the accentuation shows the Masoretes believed they formed one phrase, which translates into English with a following third imperative to act as: "Hear! Hear! speak please to . . ."
- participles - Hear Me Roar Vs Hear Me Roaring? - English Language ...You’re gonna hear me roaring; In case the context helps, the entire chorus runs like this: I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter Dancing through the fire. Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar Louder, louder than a lion. Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar.
- Why does "do you read me" mean "do you hear me"?23. The use of the word "read" in spoken radio transmissions was used to ask "how well is my message being received". When using electronic voice communication, it is useful to know the quality of the signal being received. So the question "how (well) do you read (my transmission)" is asking for an indication of quality.
- grammaticality - “Have you heard?” vs “Did you hear?” and “Sally broke ...Did you hear that Sally's broken her leg? The actual moment when Sally broke her leg happened at a specific time in the past, hence the past simple seems to me appropriate but we also say, Sally's broken her leg to express an action that occurred in the past but whose consequences are still felt in the present so...
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