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sounds great vs sound great

Both phrases are correct but are used in different contexts. "Sounds great" is used to refer to something in the third person singular, while "sound great" is used to refer to something in the plural or in the second person.

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sounds great

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to something in the third person singular.

Use 'sounds great' when you want to express agreement or enthusiasm about something in the third person singular form.

Examples:

That plan sounds great.
The idea sounds great to me.

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That sounds great, but I'm still in the studio with Danielle.
I just love the name of it, Rivera... sounds great.
No. A treatment sounds great.
Okay, sounds great, sounds great.
This sounds great, Robbie, but I don't really want to keep hearing about it.
I know it sounds great, but these people are not your friends.
That all sounds great, sweetie.
Trent sounds great, too, aside from being freakishly tall.
That sounds great, but tell me about Baby Patrick.
- What on earth - That sounds great.
It sounds great, but I'd like to run it by Faith.
That sounds great. I didn't know that you guys had a beach house.
That sounds great, but I have to work a double.
Unregulated research sounds great until you're actually doing it.
PETER: OK, well, that sounds great.
14-year-old. EMTs think her heart stopped - sounds great.
Breaking stuff, that sounds great.
Anyway. Chicken sounds great for dinner.
The record sounds great, Michael.
Rhonda, bottom line: She sounds great.

Alternatives:

sounds good
sounds perfect
sounds amazing
sounds fantastic
sounds wonderful

sound great

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to something in the plural or second person.

Use 'sound great' when you want to express agreement or enthusiasm about something in the plural or second person form.

Examples:

Your ideas sound great.
You guys sound great together.

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Well, come on, doesn't that sound great?
After the weekend, you and I can go on a trip together, fishing and such, doesn't that sound great?
And I... I just wanted to say to you all that you sound great.
'So, doesn't sound great, but nothing to worry about?
Vegas does sound great right now.
"Entered a boy" doesn't sound great.
No one understands them and they sound great in Catalan.
I came to Green Grove because Danny made it sound great.
Words and speeches sound great, but they don't add up to anything.
Look, all I know is you guys sound great.
You sound great on the demo of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
That doesn't sound great, dad.
[Laughs] I'm making this sound great.
Does that really sound great, Jeff?
Sir, Musk's ideas sound great, too great.
I just said, "Couples sound great."
Wouldn't it sound great if you could hear a train going by off in the distance right now?
There are some phrases in this report - the 'feminisation of poverty', for example - which mean absolutely nothing but sound great to the PC brigade that resides out there.
- It doesn't sound great, does it?
A pro-Paranormal Ultra sound great but I'd like to be sure that this Bathory guy is for real, first.

Alternatives:

sound good
sound perfect
sound amazing
sound fantastic
sound wonderful

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