[Grammar] at the hearing

[danghuynh88]

Hello there

Can anyone please explain to me the meaning of " at the hearing" in this sentence.

....who provided testimony at the hearings for the bill...


Thanks:roll:

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Re: Grammar issue

Hello, Danghuynh!

1. What is the full sentence?

2. Where did you see it?

3. What does your dictionary say a hearing is?

 

[danghuynh88]

Re: Grammar issue

Hello Charlier

It was " “Astronomers can get what they need at the same time that citizens get what they need: safety, security and good visibility at night,” says McDonald Observatory’s Mark Adams, who provided testimony at the hearings for the bill“Astronomers can get what they need at the same time that citizens get what they need: safety, security and good visibility at night,” says McDonald Observatory’s Mark Adams, who provided testimony at the hearings for the bill "

It's just an Academy essay from the internet about light pollution, I looked up in the dictionary and even copy the phrase "at the hearings" but I just found the definition of hearing which meant

"Hearing, auditory perception, or audition is the ability to perceive sound by detecting vibrations, changes in the pressure of the surrounding medium through time, through an organ such as the ear."
So I am not sure if I understand the phrase as its original meaning.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Re: Grammar issue

http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hearing?q=hearing
See definition#2.

 

[danghuynh88]

Re: Grammar issue

Alright, I think it's all cleared, thanks Matthew

 

[Rover_KE]

Re: Grammar issue

I have changed your original title.


Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

In any case, it's a vocabulary question, not a grammar issue.

 

[PaulMatthews]

Hello there

Can anyone please explain to me the meaning of " at the hearing" in this sentence.

....who provided testimony at the hearings for the bill...


Thanks:roll:

"At the hearings" has to do with legal process. A 'hearing' is an official meeting, usually held in some place of legislature (like a court) in order to collect the facts, or testimony, about some important matter from interest parties or expert witnesses prior to legislation being passed. If you now apply that meaning to the passage you had to interpret for your comprehension test, hopefully you'll be able to come up with the right answer(s).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And do you understand what a bill is, Danghuyn?

 

[danghuynh88]

Hi there, bill here meant "proposal for a law" if I was correct, right ? So at the hearing for the bill here meant he provides testimony for some sort of important meeting between all the shareholders in order to propose for a law, is that right ??

 

[danghuynh88]

Re: Grammar issue

Thanks Rover !!! duly noted

I have changed your original title.


Extract from the Posting Guidelines:

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

In any case, it's a vocabulary question, not a grammar issue.

 

[PaulMatthews]

Yes, but not shareholders; just interested parties, expert witnesses and the like.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think s/he means 'stakeholders' instead of 'shareholders'.

 

[danghuynh88]

Thanks for spelling that out Paul and I meant shareholders when I wrote it. But what make them different ? I looked up the definition and did not see much the difference, I don't have much idea in the business things so I can't distinguish between "shareholders' and "stakeholders"

 

[PaulMatthews]

Thanks for spelling that out Paul and I meant shareholders when I wrote it. But what make them different ? I looked up the definition and did not see much the difference, I don't have much idea in the business things so I can't distinguish between "shareholders' and "stakeholders"

The word "shareholder" applies predominantly to business matters. But this is all about discussing a proposed bill to improve the lighting in the State. As it happens, you could possibly use the word "stakeholder" in its sense of someone who has a vested interest in some proceedings.