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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
From A, I can tell B
From A, I can tell B
ex) From the menu, I can tell that they are having breakfast.
Is "From A, I can tell B" similar to it seems ~~?
ex) It seems(looks) that they are having breakfast?
Or..?
ex) From the menu, I can tell that they are having breakfast.
Is "From A, I can tell B" similar to it seems ~~?
ex) It seems(looks) that they are having breakfast?
Or..?
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Yes, they are similar, but "it seems" is used when the speaker more uncertain than when he/she uses "I can tell".
- Yes, they are similar, but "it seems" is used when the speaker more uncertain than when he/she uses "I can tell".
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Yes, they are similar, but "it seems" is used when the speaker more uncertain than when he/she uses "I can tell".
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moon7296From A, I can tell BYes. In this sense tell means determine.
ex) From the menu, I can tell that they are having breakfast.
From the menu, I can determine that they are having breakfast.
That is, the items on the menu are typical breakfast foods.
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