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heard of it vs heard about it

Both 'heard of it' and 'heard about it' are correct and commonly used phrases in English. They can be used interchangeably in many contexts, but there are subtle differences in meaning. 'Heard of it' implies awareness or knowledge of something, while 'heard about it' suggests receiving information or details about something.

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heard of it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone is aware of the existence of something, even if they don't have detailed information about it.

Examples:

I've heard of that book, but I haven't read it yet.
Have you heard of the new restaurant downtown?
She's never heard of that band before.

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You guys probably haven't heard of it.
You may not have heard of it, but you will.
Maybe you've heard of it.
You wouldn't have heard of it.
You may have heard of it.
Population control, Vic, in case you haven't heard of it.
There must be locals who've heard of it.
I had heard of it, of course...
Not one proprietor has heard of it.
Maybe some of you ladies have heard of it.
First of all, what is the G-virus? I've never even heard of it.
You may not have heard of it, but you will.
Have you read this? No. I've heard of it.
- Yes, I have heard of it.
Yes, I've heard of it. It's an ambitious project.
We're providing three tickets to Gameland to a private screening of a new game, maybe you've heard of it.
I have heard of it, yes.
I've heard of it - hallucinations, trance states.
I heard of it, but I never had cause to use one.
Exactly and it's so rare that some doctors haven't even heard of it.

Alternatives:

know about it
aware of it
familiar with it
have knowledge of it
have information about it

heard about it

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone has received information or details about something, even if they were not previously aware of it.

Examples:

I heard about the accident on the news.
Have you heard about the new project at work?
She heard about the party from a friend.

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You mean Laura Roslin has heard about it.
We heard about it in the monastery.
If Walton was asking questions, lansdale probably heard about it.
He heard about it from some other house.
I heard about it from the fiancee.
The reporter must have heard about it.
I heard about it in prison.
But we heard about it around here.
I heard about it in Mexico.
I heard about it in a meeting.
She heard about it at Mommy And Me Graphic Design.
I heard about it on the news.
It's hard not to have heard about it in Washington.
I heard about it at church.
I mean, I heard about it, but, you know...
If someone were decapitated, we would have heard about it.
- real estate and she heard about it.
If there was a break-in, the entire staff at this hospital would've heard about it.
I'm sorry, but we just heard about it.
We have heard about it and I'm here on the Ambassador's behalf.

Alternatives:

learned about it
found out about it
got information about it
received news about it
was informed about it

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