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Originally Posted by cherish  Please help me the usage of "seem"
I don't know which case is right:
1/ You seem to be good at singing
2/ You seem good at singging
Can we use adj after seem, how about "seem to be"
Thanks in advance :P |
seem(s) to be + adjective is a set phrase, and so the
to be part is often omitted, like this,
You seem
to be happy ~ You seem happy.
He seems
to be nice ~ He seems nice.
They seem
to be kind ~ They seem kind.
If you add a noun after the adjective, you can't omit 'to be' but you can replace 'to be' with 'like',
You seem
to be a happy
person. :D (OK)
You seem a happy
person. :( (Not OK)
You seem
like a happy
person. :D (OK)
He seems
to be a nice guy. :D
He seems a nice guy. :(
He seems
like a nice guy. :D
They seem
to be kind people. :D
They seem kind people. :(
They seem
like kind people. :D
All the best,