5.15 used in reporting
When you are reporting what someone said to you at some point in the recent past, you can use the simple present of a reporting verb such as 'hear' or 'tell'.
- I've never been greyhound-racing myself, but they tell me it's a fascinating sport.
- There are some fine railings in Westminster Abbey, I hear.
- I hear you're moving.
- Grace says you told her to come over here.