Seem Adj Vs Seem To Be Adj?

John seems to be happy. Do you guys have any idea what the difference is between the two? One would say there's little difference in meaning ... Login TeachersStudentsForumsNewsBlogCommonLinks SeemAdjVsSeemToBeAdj?ForumsGrammar&SentenceStructure 1+0 Johnseemshappy.Johnseemstobehappy.Doyouguyshaveanyideawhatthedifferenceisbetweenthetwo?Onewouldsaythere’slittledifferenceinmeaning,butIthinkthat,sincetheformsaredifferent,thereshouldbeatleastsomedifference.Tome,itfeelslikethe1stonehastodowithadirectperceptionthanthe2ndone.Imean,the1stonesoundstomelikethespeakerislookingatJohnordirectlyperceivinghiminsomeway,whilethe2ndonedoesn’thavetosatisfythiscondition.ImightutteritinJohn’sabsence,thoughnotthe2ndone.Whatdoyouthink?Feb14201804:16:21YukiKanda   answer +1 Iseelittledifferencebetweenthem.Feb14201806:47:58teechr addacomment Comments   Teachers:WesupplyalistofEFLjobvacanciesIwasexpectingmostwouldsayso.But,it’squitequestionablewhetherwecansaythere’sNOdifference.So,Iwanttomakeclearwhatthat“little”differenceis.Feb14201809:07:39YukiKanda addacomment YukiKandaIwasexpectingmostwouldsayso.But,it’squitequestionablewhetherwecansaythere’sNOdifference.So,Iwanttomakeclearwhatthat“little”differenceis.You'vebeentoldthatthereislittledifference.Iwouldgofurtherandsaythatthere'snodifferenceatall,semanticallythatis.Feb14201811:17:02BillJ addacomment BillJIwouldgofurtherandsaythatthere'snodifference,semanticallythatis.Iagree.Icannotperceiveanysemanticdifferencewhatsoever.Feb14201814:41:36AlpheccaStars addacomment Students:Wehavefreeaudiopronunciationexercises.Thanksforyourcomments,everyone.IthinkI’llgowiththeideathatthere’snosemanticdifferencebetweenthetwo.Feb14201817:15:49YukiKanda addacomment AnswerthisQuestion  AskaQuestion GuidesHowtoachievenativeenglishfluency10waysimprovelearningenglishTop10learnenglishapps2020guideLearnenglishasasecondlanguageHowtostudyenglishgrammar12ways