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From what I heard vs From what I have heard

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'From what I heard' is used when referring to something you heard in the past without specifying a particular time frame. 'From what I have heard' is used when referring to something you heard in the past up to the present moment.

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From what I heard

This phrase is correct and commonly used in informal contexts.

This phrase is used to refer to something heard in the past without specifying a particular time frame.

Examples:

From what I heard, the party was a lot of fun.
From what I heard, the movie is really good.

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From what I heard, Peterson was holding a shotgun.
From what I heard that was pretty intense.
From what I heard, your little smokey the bear brought a pipe.
You already gave your boss up once from what I heard.
From what I heard, pretty bad.
From what I heard on the wire, you like J.
From what I heard, you might be the one everyone will talk about tonight.
From what I heard, Lyon Dynasty is just former Empire artists.
From what I heard, Korean men really like Japanese men.
From what I heard, I want to believe.
From what I heard, they were very much in love.
From what I heard, he was quite gifted with a certain parlor trick.
From what I heard last night, Violet had a partner in crime.
From what I heard, Jared always wanted to get in with the Kielbasa Posse gang, but they never took him seriously.
From what I heard, you're the one who should have been looking behind.
From what I heard, rumors, you know, they were into... initially planning on stealing a car of my roommate at the house I was staying at, and that scared the hell out of me, 'cause that could've been me.
Used real blood too, from what I heard.
Including Kate, from what I heard.
She got a nice settlement from what I heard.
They were really close, from what i heard.

Alternatives:

As far as I know
According to what I heard

From what I have heard

This phrase is correct and commonly used in both formal and informal contexts.

This phrase is used to refer to something heard in the past up to the present moment.

Examples:

From what I have heard, the project is going well.
From what I have heard, the restaurant serves delicious food.

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From what I have heard I have you to thank for this heavy burden.
From what I have heard, the Commission plan is in any event more ambitious than that of the Council.
From what I have heard from the Czech Republic, the government will remain in office and at the helm, because the majority which teamed up together yesterday does not suffice to support a new government.
Flexibility is very limited and I understand, from what I have heard today, that the Polish Presidency intends to tackle this.
I think it is also fair to say that, from what I have heard overall, the MEPs' comments regarding the Union's tasks for the next six months largely coincide with the programme I have presented to you here.
From what I have heard, I think all the political groups will reach a compromise on these points.
From what I have heard, I am convinced that the Belgian Presidency will follow suit.
From what I have heard, I fear Members might be strengthening the position of those who maintain that agriculture is the only subject on the table at Cancún.
From what I have heard, this programme - which I consider to be very sensible - has not yet met with the desired response in the countries concerned.
From what I have heard from my colleague in the party, the same is true for Finnish.
From what I have heard of other speakers who pointed to certain differences which generally rule out rapprochement with Turkey, this last interpretation seems the most likely.
From what I have heard, the governments and medicine regulatory agencies of all major parallel importing markets - including Germany, the UK, Sweden, Denmark and Poland - support and encourage parallel imports and consider them a safe and reliable part of the European supply chain.
Madam President, from what I have heard, there have been two interventions against and none in favour.
Judging from what I have heard from Mr Salafranca and others, everyone agrees that President Arias is probably the man best suited to achieve that particular compromise.
We believe its bodies must quickly be given the power to act and from what I have heard there will be a meeting very soon.
We have tabled two amendments which, from what I have heard, can count on considerable support.
I am very pleased that you visited Moscow recently and - from what I have heard - not without success, even though it is in many respects still up to Russia to take decisions, on the Energy Charter in particular.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, from what I have heard, it is clear that Turkey is a country with very big problems when it comes to democracy.

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Based on what I have heard
According to what I have heard

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