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Kwon Ki Poong Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Seem & likely
Can I use seem & likely in a sentence at once?
Like "what seems to be likely to happen?"
I think it's abundant, but one of my English teachers told me that
'seem' alone doesn't include future factor.
Like "what seems to be likely to happen?"
I think it's abundant, but one of my English teachers told me that
'seem' alone doesn't include future factor.
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Not seem but seems. It seems likely that I will get a teaching job soon. - Future clause The fish seem happy - present.
- Not seem but seems.
- It seems likely that I will get a teaching job soon.
- - Future clause The fish seem happy - present.
- The fish seemed happy - past.
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Not seem but seems.
It seems likely that I will get a teaching job soon. - Future clause
The fish seem happy - present.
The fish seemed happy - past.
It seems likely that I will get a teaching job soon. - Future clause
The fish seem happy - present.
The fish seemed happy - past.
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Kwon Ki PoongI think it'sNo. It's not redundant. Not to my ear, anyway. likely means probable. Things can be probable. Things can seem probable.abundantredundant!!!
You can connect adjectives directly to seem. You don't need "to be" in between, even though it is not
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