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Old 14-Sep-2006, 02:40
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Smile Would you correct these sentences?

I found two sentences written below in the entrance exams of two famous high schools in Japan and I don't think they are correct.

1. Mrs. Lily seemed that she didn't believe me.
What I learned at school is that when the sentence is started with "It seems", it can be followed by that-clause.

So I think the correct sentence would be:
"It seemed that Mrs. Lily didn't believe me."
Or "Mrs. Lily seemed not to believe me."

But when I searched for "she seemed that she" by Google, there were too many hits of it and some of them were written by people from English speaking countries, I suppose. I'm not 100% sure now. Am I wrong?

2. I was twenty minutes passed the station at which I should've gotten off.
From the context, the sentence seems to mean:
"I missed my station by twenty minutes."

I'd apprecite your answer very much.
Thank you for your help.
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Old 14-Sep-2006, 10:03
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Default Re: Would you correct these sentences?

1 It seemed that Mrs L didn't believe me. or Mrs L didn't seem to believe me.
2 It should be past
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