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Taka Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Seem
Do you native speakers see these two as different in meaning?
There seems to be somebody by the window.
It seems that there is somebody by the window.
There seems to be somebody by the window.
It seems that there is somebody by the window.
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No difference in meaning for me. Perhaps the second is later after the discovery.
- No difference in meaning for me.
- Perhaps the second is later after the discovery.
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No difference in meaning for me. Perhaps the second is later after the discovery.
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The book I have says 'it seems that X' implies X is hearsay information.
You don't think it's necessary so, do you?
And if I happened to be in a situation where I thought there might be somebody by the window, the second one would sound wrong?
You don't think it's necessary so, do you?
And if I happened to be in a situation where I thought there might be somebody by the window, the second one would sound wrong?
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The book I have says 'it seems that X' implies X is hearsay information.You don't think it's necessarily so, do you?-- No.
And if I happened to be in a situation where I thought there might be somebody by the window, the second one would sound wrong?-- No, not wrong at all. I'm talking nuance.
And if I happened to be in a situation where I thought there might be somebody by the window, the second one would sound wrong?-- No, not wrong at all. I'm talking nuance.
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