That sounds like he is coming now.

[diamondcutter]

1. That sounds like him coming now.
2. That sounds like he is coming now.
(By me)

I want to know if both sentences are correct and have the same meaning.

 

[GoesStation]

1: The sound I'm hearing is similar to the sound he makes when he arrives.
2: I think I hear him coming.

Both sentences are awkward. Number two is particularly unlikely. It's natural with a couple of small changes: It sounds like he's coming now.

 

[emsr2d2]

I wouldn't use sentence 2. In the first, "that" refers specifically to the sound that occurs when he approaches. Using it in sentence 2 means it refers to him and I don't think that works. You could use a dummy "it" and say "It sounds like he's coming now".

 

[jutfrank]

Please don't make up sentences and then ask us what they mean. And please give us the imagined context of use wherever possible. Remember that sometimes two sentences can have what is ostensibly the same meaning but different uses.

Why don't you tell us what it is you want to say, and we'll tell you which sentence, if either, does what you intend.

 

[Yankee]

1. That sounds like him coming now. See GS's post or simply a sound of someone arriving and you assumed it to be "him".
2. That sounds like he is coming now. You are expecting "him" and the sound confirms your expectation.
(By me)
I want to know if both sentences are correct and have the same meaning.

Y.