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It seems to me different people say it in a different way but I guess there has to a grammar rule. For example, these phrases: - He seems ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Heseemstobe/heseems+adjective Threadstarter Uusi Startdate Mar12,2017 Uusi Member St.-Petersburg Russian(Russia) Couldsomeoneremindmeaboutthisrule) ItseemstomedifferentpeoplesayitinadifferentwaybutIguesstherehastoagrammarrule Forexample,thesephrases: -Heseemsquietaftersleep -Heseemstobequiteaftersleep -itneverseemedtoworkout -itneverseemedtobeworkingout Thanks!   R Retired-teacher SeniorMember BritishEnglish Ithinkthereisaslightdifferenceinmeaninginyourfirstexample. Heseemsquietaftersleep=heisquietaftersleeponthisoccasion. Heseemstobequietaftersleep=heisusuallyquietaftersleep. However,Imaybeoverstatingthecasehereandsomeoneelsemightsuggestnodifference. Foryourotherexample,thesecondlinedoesn'tsoundright.   Lastedited:Mar12,2017 Uusi Member St.-Petersburg Russian(Russia) Thanksalotforyouranswer) SoIcansay"seemstobe"or"seems+adjective"andit'llbecorrectinmostcaseswithonlyasubtledifferenceinmeaning?   R Retired-teacher SeniorMember BritishEnglish Idon'twanttocommitmyselfto"most".Youcanalwayspostotherexamplesonwhichyouneedadvice.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top