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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Was / looked / seemed smart
Can I say,
They looked / seemed / was smart in the uniform.
They looked / seemed / was smart in the uniform.
Top answer
They looked smart... They seemed smart... They were smart...
- They looked smart...
- They seemed smart...
- They were smart...
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I would suggest "... in their uniforms."
I also wouldn't use "seemed." For me "smart" in appearance is how you look - you either DO look smart, or you do NOT look smart, but you don't "seem" to look smart.
If you use "smart" to refer to intelligence, then "They seemed smart when we met them but we soon learned that this was not so" might apply, but there's little about a uniform
I also wouldn't use "seemed." For me "smart" in appearance is how you look - you either DO look smart, or you do NOT look smart, but you don't "seem" to look smart.
If you use "smart" to refer to intelligence, then "They seemed smart when we met them but we soon learned that this was not so" might apply, but there's little about a uniform
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