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anhnha

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Five minutes can seem like five hours when you are impatient.

Can I rewrite the sentence as follows?
1. Five minutes can seem five hours when you are impatient.
2. Five minutes can seem to be five hours when you are impatient.
 

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Five minutes can seem like five hours when you are impatient.

Can I rewrite the sentence as follows?
1. Five minutes can seem five hours when you are impatient.
2. Five minutes can seem to be five hours when you are impatient.

You could.
 
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