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It is 5:30 PM.
At 5 PM I am calling my friend Sarah, but at that time he didn't answer her phone.
Then I said to another friend of mine:Sarah might be sleeping. / Sarah might have been sleeping.
Which sentence is possible to say?
Last edited by emsr2d2; 30-Apr-2017 at 13:13. Reason: Removed unnecessary bold and colour
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Thanks for correcting me.See my corrections above.
The past tense I think.Which tense do you think you should use in that situation?
But I use might because I am not sure if she slept or not, so "She might have been sleeping" is correct .
"Might" is OK because you don't know for certain. You are simply expressing a possibility. It's more natural (in BrE) to say "She might have been asleep" but "sleeping" is not wrong.
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See my changes above.
Yes, if you're talking to your friend at the same time as calling Sarah, or shortly after, you can say that. In case you're interested, a more natural (colloquial) way of saying it in BrE would be "She's not picking up/answering. Maybe she's asleep".
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If it is 5:30 and your call was at 5, it sounds better with "might have been". If it is at the same time you are calling, it sounds better with "might be".
No.
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