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Message from egerol1 posted on 14-02-2011 at 11:55:18 (D | E | F)
Hello
I was wondering whether my sentence is correct.
Let's say that I heard about some book and I ask in a forum whether it is a good book or not.

Should I say:
I have heard people talking about a book or
I heard people talking about a book
I mean :do I have to use present perfect or past tense if I say that I(have) heard about a book
Thanks in advance.

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Edited by lucile83 on 14-02-2011 12:13

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Re: Tenses from roberto-t, posted on 16-02-2011 at 10:18:03 (D | E)
hello
I think，all is right
because
You change the tense of sentence,according to its means and position
what does it mean in the whole the article?
If you have only this sentence,it is right
please combine before this sentence and after this sentence

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Re: Tenses from dolfine56, posted on 16-02-2011 at 11:05:36 (D | E)
Hello,

I think the sentence:
"I have heard people talking about a book ".
is better because you are still thinking about that book:
what you did in the past is still working in the present.

the sentence
"I heard people talking about a book"
means this action is ended, without any repercussion on your present.

that needs to be confirmed...

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Re: Tenses from anakin1806, posted on 16-02-2011 at 12:53:35 (D | E)
Hello,

I think it depends on the context, whether the action is completed or it goes on:

When I was in Italia, I heard people talking about a book.

For a few days, I have heard people talking about a book.

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Re: Tenses from notrepere, posted on 16-02-2011 at 15:07:26 (D | E)
Hello

Without a reference to a specific time frame, the present perfect is prescribed.

I have heard people talking about this book.

Yesterday, I heard people talking about this book.

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Re: Tenses from egerol1, posted on 16-02-2011 at 16:37:44 (D | E)
ok thank you

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