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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Are/do seem

In the following sentence, is "seem" used 'as predicate adjective?


Even the government published several policies in order to enhance the tertiary industry, but they are seem not very effective.

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Anonymous but they are seem not very effective. Should be: but they don't seem (to be) very effective. Anonymous In the following sentence, is "seem" used 'as predicate adjective?

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous but they are seem not very effective.
  • Should be: but they don't seem (to be) very effective.
  • Anonymous In the following sentence, is "seem" used 'as predicate adjective?
  • In view of the fact that the sentence is faulty in the most bizarre way, we have to say "Yes, it is in correctly used as a predicate adjective" because it's not even an adjective to begin with.
  • CJ
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Anonymousbut they are seem not very effective.
Should be: but they don't seem (to be) very effective.
AnonymousIn the following sentence, is "seem" used 'as predicate adjective?
In view of the fact that the sentence is faulty in the most bizarre way, we have to say "Yes, it is incorrectly used as a pred
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Incorrect as written.
Either
They are not very effective [here "are" is the linking verb and "effective" is the adjective]
Or
They do not seem [to be] very effective [Here "do" is the helping verb, "seem" is the verb and "effective" is the adjective]
Or
They seem to be ineffective [here "seem" is the linking verb and "ineffec
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