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Alvinlo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Subject Verb Agreement

For the sentense "There seem to be sth in (a place)." What should the verb "seem" be agreed to? Should it be "seems" or "seem"? Please also kindly correct my grammatical mistakes in these few sentenses of description.
  

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It should agree with "something," which is singular. There seems to be something about etc. / There is something about etc.

— Avangi

  • It should agree with "something," which is singular.
  • There seems to be something about etc.
  • / There is something about etc.
  • There are some things about that place [which] I don't like!
  • There seem to be some things about that place etc.
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It should agree with "something," which is singular.

There seems to be something about etc. / There is something about etc.

There are some things about that place [which] I don't like!

There seem to be some things about that place etc.
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