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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

You seem vs It seems

Is this correct?

"You seem like you dont know me. " AND "You seem like you don't know anything."

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"You seem like you dont know me. "thanks Remember the apostrophe in don't, and it is correct. Obviously depends on what you mean, seeing that it has been taken out of context.

— Marc92

  • "You seem like you dont know me.
  • "thanks Remember the apostrophe in don't, and it is correct.
  • Obviously depends on what you mean, seeing that it has been taken out of context.
  • If you by the first example mean that you think that the person should have known you beforehand, for instance a famous person could ask that.
  • By the other example, you would probably only say that ironicly, if a person doesn't know anything about a specific subject, and it isn't meant so litteraly.
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AnonymousIs this correct?"You seem like you dont know me. " AND "You seem like you don't know anything."thanks
Remember the apostrophe in don't, and it is correct.

Obviously depends on what you mean, seeing that it has been taken out of context. If you by the first example mean that you think that the person should have known you beforehand, for insta
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AnonymousYou seem like you dont know me.
You seem like you don't know anything.No. Use these:

You seem not to know me. / You don't seem to know me. / It seems that you don't know me. / It doesn't seem that you know me.

You seem not to know anything. / You don't seem to know anything. / It seems that you don't know anything. / It doesn
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CalifJimPersonally, I don't normally use "seems like".
I don't either.
I would more likely say:
You act like you don't know me.

Regards,
A-
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Hi, CJ

It seems that you will succeed.

=You seem to succeed. (?)

I was wondering if this paraphrase is possible ?

Good day!
TT
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Anonymous=You seem to succeed. (?)
No equal sign is warranted.
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AnonymousIt seems that you will succeed. =You seem to succeed. (?)I was wondering if this paraphrase is possible ?
It's not.

It seems to me that success is about to come your way is not It seems to me that you are regularly successful.

CJ
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