Here is a sentence: "I could hear... "
Here is a sentence: "I could hear Sarah and Andy talking in the next room."
Are they talking now?

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Here is a sentence: "I could hear... "
Here is a sentence: "I could hear Sarah and Andy talking in the next room."
Are they talking now?

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No, they are not talking now. If they were talking now you would say
"I can hear Sarah and Andrew talking in the next room."

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Yesterday I heard them talking, now I can hear them talking.

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I don't know if they are talking know. The chap is telling us what he heard a while ago. He says nothing about what is happening now.

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They could be still talking but you can't hear them anymore. :P

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or they could be talking but you dont know =)

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