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Maggie
He seems rich or He seems to be rich
Is the first sentence also correct? Is it ok to delete‘to be’ ? as rich is using to describe how you think about the subject ?
Thanks!!
Aug 1, 2021 3:25 PM
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Either is fine. It's okay to drop the "to be".
August 1, 2021
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Both sentences are correct dear.
August 1, 2021
1
Both are correct in this context, because ‘rich’ is an adjective. But when the sentence ends with a noun, you can only use seem to be.
For example: He seems to be a teacher.
Not: He seems a teacher.
August 1, 2021
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