Seems as a new year

[Rachel Adams]

Is my use of "seem" wrong should I change it into:

"It's like a New Year" and capitalize it?

"I love spring. It seems as a new year."

 

[tedmc]

You say "it's like" or "it seems like ", not "it seems as".

Say, "it's like (no "a") New Year".

 

[GoesStation]

"Seems" can't be followed by "as".

A natural way to say this is "Spring is like a new year."

 

[tedmc]

"Seems" can't be followed by "as".

A natural way to say this is "Spring is like a new year."

"Seems" can be followed by "as though" though.

 

[GoesStation]

"Seems" can be followed by "as though" though.

Yes. And, now that I think about it, this is fine: It seems as likely as not.

 

[Rachel Adams]

"Seems" can't be followed by "as".

A natural way to say this is "Spring is like a new year."

When should I capitalize "new year"?

 

[emsr2d2]

When should I capitalize "new year"?

Only when you're referring to the celebration of the end of the year and the start of the next.

We're having a party for New Year.
His New Year dinner was a roaring succes.
Are you working at New Year?

In this context, "new" is simply adjective attached to a noun. There's no difference in capitalisation between "a new dog" and "a new year".