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[Boris Tatarenko]

Hello.

If I say "Listen me" is it correct or I should say "Listen to me"?

Thanks in advance.
Boris.

 

[riquecohen]

"Listen to me" is correct.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Thanks for you reply. Then what do you think about "Listen me up" ? Is it correct?

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks for you reply. Then what do you think about "Listen me up" ? Is it correct?

No, it's not.

 

[emsr2d2]

Thanks for you reply. Then what do you think about "Listen me up"? Is it correct?

It's incorrect. If you wanted someone or a group of people to listen to something you want to say, you can use "Listen to me!" or "Listen up!" but we don't combine the two.

Remember not to put a space before a question mark, even when it appears directly after closing quotation marks.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Then it's pretty strange. My dictionary says that phrase is correct and popular in AmE. Therefore I want to listen to MikeNewYork or somebody else from U.S.

I think it will be intresting to you as well. So, let's wait AmE speakers.

 

[5jj]

Then it's pretty strange. My dictionary says that phrase is correct and popular in AmE.

And which dictionary might that be?

Therefore I want to listen to MikeNewYork or somebody else from U.S..

Well, you have already heard from riquecohen, who is, despite his youthful appearance, one of the more reliable AmE-speakers who respond in this forum.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Then it's pretty strange. My dictionary says that phrase is correct and popular in AmE. Therefore I want to listen to MikeNewYork or somebody else from U.S.

I think it will be intresting to you as well. So, let's wait AmE speakers.

I have never heard that expression used. I Googled it and was surprised to find 2 million hits. However, when looking at the pages, several were from a song of that title, many pages had titles in foreign languages, and a few were from porn sites. Many were repeats. At the end, there were only 81 pages and a message that said all the rest were similar to those 81 pages. I have to conclude that this expression is not very popular in the US.

 

[5jj]

I have never heard that expression used. [...'] I have to conclude that this expression is not very popular in the US.

Good enough for you, Boris?

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

A lot of thanks for your replies.

My dictionary is ABBYY Lingvo OCR, ICR, OMR - Optical Character Recognition and Linguistic Solutions - ABBYY

I think you must know this book.
Sorry if I wasted your time, but you really helped me.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd never seen or heard of that website until today. I don't know what the rest of it's like, but if it's suggesting you use "Listen me up!" then I'd be inclined to stop using it.

 

[5jj]

My dictionary is ABBYY Lingvo OCR, ICR, OMR - Optical Character Recognition and Linguistic Solutions - ABBYY

I get very good results from http://onelook.com/browse.shtml

 

[Rover_KE]

Good enough for you, Boris?

:mrgreen:

[link]

 

[Barb_D]

To sum up, these two are oaky:
Listen to me!
Listen up, everyone!

NOT: Listen me up
NOT: Listen up me

 

[Tdol]

Therefore I want to listen to MikeNewYork or somebody else from U.S.

When you want an opinion, I would use I want to hear from MikeNewYork or somebody....