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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Seem; seemed;
Hello!
I was wondering, can you say ''You could have seemed [...]'', like... you didn't seem too intelligent but you could have seemed so had you quoted... Cioran, for example. I'm yet to encounter this form so I was wondering if it's possible as we use it rather frequently in my language which is Romanian.
Anyway, my other perplexity is the following:
'' You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seemed well-read.''
'' You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seem well-read.''
Which one is correct? I was inclined to think that the first one is, at first, as I've used the past participle in ''could've quoted'' so I assumed that I should do same with seem, but then I reconsidered, and found out that I was, probably, wrong. So, the second one is correct, right?
I was wondering, can you say ''You could have seemed [...]'', like... you didn't seem too intelligent but you could have seemed so had you quoted... Cioran, for example. I'm yet to encounter this form so I was wondering if it's possible as we use it rather frequently in my language which is Romanian.
Anyway, my other perplexity is the following:
'' You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seemed well-read.''
'' You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seem well-read.''
Which one is correct? I was inclined to think that the first one is, at first, as I've used the past participle in ''could've quoted'' so I assumed that I should do same with seem, but then I reconsidered, and found out that I was, probably, wrong. So, the second one is correct, right?
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Anonymous Which one is correct? You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seemed well-read .
- Anonymous Which one is correct?
- You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seemed well-read .
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AnonymousWhich one is correct?You could've quoted Cioran instead, and seemed well-read.
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