Can We Use Listen?
Listen, in Contemporary Usage, Is Not a Transitive Verb, So It Cannot Take a Direct Object Meaning “The Thing Being Heard”. It Is Intransitive, and You Must...
Listen, in contemporary usage, is not a transitive verb, so it cannot take a direct object meaning “the thing being heard”. It is intransitive, and you must use a prepositional phrase headed by to, as in “listen to something”, in order to specify the thing being heard.
Which is correct listen or listen to?
To say "listen" is a verb, period, end of subject, and "to" is a separate part of speech, and to is what takes the object "music," you have to believe that "listen to music" isn't what you do, but "listen" is what you do and "to music" is how you do it.
How do you use listen?
- I like listening TO music!
- I'm listening TO you! [ NOT I'm listen you]
- Listen TO me! [NOT Listen me!]
- Do you like to listen to music? [NOT Do you like listen music?]
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