![]() ![]() We're using "sounds" here because our subject is "she." Third, as we talked about with "seems," we use "sounds like" before a noun phrase. And here also, "sounds" without the word "like." We don't use "like" here, just "sounds" or "sound." Second point which is the same as "seems," we use "sounds" directly before an adjective or an adverb, again. So I hear something, like from another room or I hear a sound from outside, I make a guess about the situation based on that sound. So that means we hear something and we make a guess based on the thing that we heard. So, we use "sounds" and "sounds like" to make guesses about things based on information we get with our ears. Okay! So with this in mind, with "seems" in mind which we used for general guesses, let's continue on to the next part which focuses on sounds, sounds. We could say, "it seems nice," sure, but if we're talking about the place, the actual noun, we need to use "seems like" to describe that, so it seems like a nice place. It's not just the adjective that this is modifying, so we need to use "seems like" to talk about it. Yes, the word "nice" is in this noun phrase, there's an adjective in here, but this right here, "this is a nice place," so we're talking about the place actually. "A nice place to stop for lunch." So here, we have this noun phrase. "This seems like a nice place to stop for lunch." Let's look at this other example sentence though. So, when we use it in this way, before an adjective or an adverb, we do not use "like." We just use "seem" or "seems" because we conjugate for this subject here. These are examples where we use "seems" with an adjective. So this is a key difference and we'll see the same pattern with the other words in this lesson too. So please keep in mind, "seems," no "like" comes before an adjective or an adverb. Third, we use "seems like" before a noun phrase. Second, we can use "seems" directly before an adjective or an adverb. So we use "seems" to make guesses about these kinds of things. So, when I say "we cannot confirm," it's like something that we can't test quickly. "Seems" or "seems like," we use these in slightly different ways.įirst, we use "seems" to make general guesses about things we cannot confirm or things we cannot check. In this lesson, I'm going to talk about the differences between "seems," "sounds," and "looks," especially when using the word "like" as in "seems like" or "sounds like" or "looks like."Īll right! I first want to talk about "seems like." ![]()
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