just heard from her vs just heard about her

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings and contexts. 'Just heard from her' implies that you have received communication directly from her, while 'just heard about her' means that you have learned information or news concerning her from a third party.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 750 views

just heard from her

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate receiving communication directly from someone.

This phrase is used when you want to convey that you have recently received a message, call, or any form of communication directly from the person mentioned.

Examples:

I just heard from her that she arrived safely.
I heard from her this morning about the meeting.
Have you heard from her recently?
He heard from her last night about the party.
She heard from him about the job offer.

Show examples from the web [+]

Mar 19, 2013 ... Just heard from her. "Found a hiatal hernia and a valve stuck open between my small and large intestine. Fixed those two things through ...
Feb 10, 2015 ... ... community members, perhaps even journalists who I was standing next to surrounding those microphones where we just heard from her two ...
We just heard from her family: "Anna was brought to us at 6:00 AM today!!!!!!! We cannot believe it....she is unharmed, hungry, happy to be home. She was found ...
We had just heard from her about a week ago after a long absence. My thoughts and prayers are with her family. Login to post comments.

Alternatives:

just received a message from her
just got a call from her
just spoke to her
just got an email from her
just had a conversation with her

just heard about her

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate learning information or news concerning someone from a third party.

This phrase is used when you want to convey that you have recently learned something about the person mentioned from someone else, without direct communication with that person.

Examples:

I just heard about her promotion at work.
Have you heard about her new project?
Heard about her accident yesterday?
I heard about her engagement from a friend.
She heard about her illness from a colleague.

Show examples from the web [+]

Apr 7, 2015 ... We didn't know the girl, we'd just heard about her, but still it just felt strange to have knowledge of someone's death and just gloss over it like it ...
She left a lasting impression on whoever met her, saw her, or even just heard about her. She meant so much to so many people, and her love spread far in her ...
Aug 21, 2014 ... Mrs. Mallard has only just heard about her husband's death, and yet, through the open window she doesn't see the world stopping with his loss ...
Whether you have been one of youtube user SaintsColeman's many many victims, or you have just heard about her through these videos, please beware.

Alternatives:

just learned about her
just found out about her
just got news about her
just discovered information about her
just received information about her

What Our Customers Are Saying

Our customers love us! We have an average rating of 4.79 stars based on 283,125 votes.
Also check out our 2,100+ reviews on TrustPilot (4.9).

"Thank you!"
Sachi Nakama July 2024
"I have literally been through chat, PI, claude, bard and bing and I got conflicting answers! Thank you! Human intelligence reigns!"
Retha July 2024
"Faster than AI"
CYNTHIA December 2023
"This was very helpful and I personally think this site is the best."
Kaden October 2023
"It was extremely thorough and very helpful!"
imperialelisa October 2023
"7 years without any disappointment. Always 100% satisfied. You guys are the best in the world at what you do. Thank you so much :)"
Zubair Alam October 2023
"In a world of text messages and online communication, this is great to have as a live tool. Thank you."
Selena October 2023
"Without textranch I would be stuck!"
宏祐 October 2023
"Accuracy and fast response. Personal comments from editor. Thank you."
Clh September 2023
"I wasn't aware of this service, it's fascinating and more reliable than standard IA tools available on the internet"
Arturo September 2023
"The fact that you can get reliable fast feedback on your texts."
Vinicius Antonio August 2023
"you guys are better than grammarly i'm being honest here"
ordinary July 2023
"OMG! This is really good than any other text correction tools I've used so far. Highly recommend this."
Vehan July 2023
"Very fast and accurate. thank you."
mojtaba July 2023
"I love this app because it's help to writing skills all of students ♥️"
Tarisini July 2023
"This was exactly the mistake I was looking for, the wording dind´t sound right at first. Better than grammarly!"
Ente July 2023
"The immediate help that I received was reassuring and very satisfactory. Thanks."
priiiyanshuu July 2023
"this helps A LOT for my studies."
kathnunez02 June 2023
"Woow!! I would never have expected such precision! Thank you soooo much!!"
Berta June 2023
"Real Time Editor and not AI. Many Thanks."
Priya June 2023
"The very first thing excites me about Textranch is how much your editors care."
sepideh June 2023
"The fact that texts are checked by human editors rather than by AI, etc. I appreciate this!"
Анна June 2023
"Feel welcome, immediate response, high quality feedback"
martin.roy June 2023
"This is the best app that I have ever seen"
Burulai May 2023

just heard from her vs just heard about her