Verb: "to hear"
Simple question: Does the verb: "to hear" have a contiguous form ("-ing")?
Youtube is misleading me: one video says: use 'can hear' instead, while other uses '-ing' form, both are from professional English teachers.

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Yes, it has a continuous form but we tend to use it in simple tense. Yes, there are rules for this (look up "stative verbs").

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hear, heard, hearing(?).

Examples:

I hear the music.
I heard the customers request.
I am hearing your problem. (I don't know off hand on just "hearing"  without "am" in this example ever heard in everyday use).

see link asa reference I just found. http://www.englishpractice.com/learning/noncontinuous-verbs/

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