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Hasibul Alam Posted 6 years ago
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What is the expression of this structure?

seem+ to+ have/get +verb past participle what is the expression of this structure?

for instances, his audience`s faces seem to get forgotten.

  

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Hasibul Alam What is the expression of this structure? his audience`s faces seem to get forgotten It's wrong, or at least very awkward. You need this: He seems to have forgotten the faces in the audience.

  • Hasibul Alam What is the expression of this structure?
  • his audience`s faces seem to get forgotten It's wrong, or at least very awkward.
  • You need this: He seems to have forgotten the faces in the audience.
  • 'seem' can take an infinitive.
  • In this case it's a perfect infinitive ( to have + pp).
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Hasibul Alam What is the expression of this structure? ...
his audience`s faces seem to get forgotten

It's wrong, or at least very awkward. You need this:

He seems to have forgotten the faces in the audience.

'seem' can take an infinitive. In this case it's a perfect infinitive (to have + pp).

He seems to know ...

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