hear tell

[ostap77]

Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."?

 

[Raymott]

Is it OK to use 'hear tell' as in "I hear tell he's getting married next month."?

Yes.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It's OK, but "tell" is really not needed there.

 

[emsr2d2]

It's not needed but " hear tell" is an acceptable, if rather stylised, collocation in BrE.

 

[Barb_D]

And I would have said it was colloquial American English. So we both have it.

 

[ostap77]

To ask a person if they've heard that someone is getting, could I just say "Do you hear he's getting married?"?

 

[Barb_D]

Have you heard that...?

Did you hear that...?

 

[BobK]

:up: And when you do use 'hear tell' (not in this context), remember to inflect only the 'hear': 'I hear tell...'/'I have heard tell...' etc.

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