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The most natural is: This test data doesn't seem to be good. The following two, although not incorrect per se, are less common: This test data seems to be ... EnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforlinguists,etymologists,andseriousEnglishlanguageenthusiasts.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "SeemstobenotX"vs."seemstonotbeX" AskQuestion Asked 9years,10monthsago Active 9years,10monthsago Viewed 14ktimes 4 1 Whichoneofthesetwosentencesiswrittencorrectly? Thistestdataseemstobenotgood. Thistestdataseemstonotbegood. Betteryetifyoucouldexplainastowhythecorrectformiscorrect.Itwouldbegreatlyappreciated. grammaticalityverbsadjectivesword-ordernegation Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedFeb7'12at17:31 RegDwigнt♦ 94.8k3737goldbadges304304silverbadges396396bronzebadges askedFeb7'12at16:57 SergioRomeroSergioRomero 14311goldbadge11silverbadge33bronzebadges 1 2 Thetestdatadoesn'tseemtobegood. – ArmenԾիրունյան Feb7'12at17:04 Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Active Oldest Votes 5 Themostnaturalis: Thistestdatadoesn'tseemtobegood. Thefollowingtwo,althoughnotincorrectperse,arelesscommon: Thistestdataseemstobenotgood. Thistestdataseemsnottobegood. Andthelastonesoundsratherunnatural: Thistestdataseemstonotbegood. Ngramsconfirmsit: IamafraidIcan'texplainthewhypart,soI'llleaveittootheranswers:) Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedJun15'20at7:40 CommunityBot 1 answeredFeb7'12at17:10 ArmenԾիրունյանArmenԾիրունյան 17.2k2525goldbadges8888silverbadges132132bronzebadges 2 2 Hamletdidnotsay"Tobeortonotbe". – GEdgar Feb7'12at19:16 @GEdgarAreyousuggestingthere'ssomethingwrongwithsplittinganinfinitive?;-) – Pitarou Feb13'12at14:08 Addacomment  |  2 Ifitfitsthecontext,Irecommend: Thetestdataseems[tobe]nogood. AccordingtoGoogleNgramViewer,nogoodismorecommonthannotgood. Andwhenweaddseemstobeorseems(NGram),noismuchmorecommon. However,onlyusenogoodifthedataisofsuchpoorqualitythatyoucan'tuseit.nogoodhasastrongermeaningthannotgood. Share Improvethisanswer Follow editedFeb13'12at14:48 answeredFeb13'12at14:06 PitarouPitarou 13.6k11goldbadge4343silverbadges6969bronzebadges 3 1 Doesn'tnogoodmeanuseless? – ArmenԾիրունյան Feb13'12at14:09 @ArmenTsirunyanHmm...yes...nogoodisratherstrongerthannotgood.I'llmodifymyansweraccordingly.Thanksforpointingthatout. – Pitarou Feb13'12at14:43 +1,there'safatchancethatitactuallydoesfittheOP'scontext. – ArmenԾիրունյան Feb13'12at14:50 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoEnglishLanguage&UsageStackExchange!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. 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