seem

the verb seam is similar to the verb be but there are some differences when I use seam then I'm describing my impression or my idea about something my impression or my idea might be wrong when I use the verb be then describing some form of existence this is something that would be based in fact or something that is true whereas this might not be true but from my point of view something could be true the word seam is followed by an adjective it seems easy easy is an adjective he seems tired he is tired in this sentence I know for a fact that a person is tired this is true but when I say he seems tired I'm expressing my idea about the person this is my idea this is my impression but it might not be correct the past tense for the verb seen is seemed the past participle is also seemed this is a regular verb it seemed easy at first comma and I'll use a conjunction but then it became difficult it seemed easy at first but then it became difficult so this is my first impression but my impression changed I thought it was easy but in fact it was difficult she seems nice or she seems like a nice person or she seems to be a nice person these sentences are all very similar this is the easiest one to use she seems nice but sometimes you'll hear the word like after seeing or the infinitive to be after seeing the word seem is similar to other words like look field sound perhaps taste and of course II but again this word is different from these words these words all indicate perception or we could say point of view or a person's idea and the verb be is used in describing fact and truth and existence sometimes you'll hear the word seem in the same sense as with a verb be she seemed happy at work but she was actually miserable so this is the truth here this is the fact and this is a person's idea or a person's perception of reality you

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