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you seem to have vs you seemed to

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different ways. 'You seem to have' is written in the present tense to express a current observation or opinion, while 'you seemed to' is in the past tense and describes a previous observation or opinion.
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you seem to have

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in the present tense to express a current observation or opinion about someone's actions or behavior.

Examples:

  • You seem to have a lot on your mind.
  • You seem to have misunderstood my intentions.
  • You seem to have lost weight.
  • You seem to have a talent for writing.
  • You seem to have a good sense of humor.
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  • Oct 6, 2017 ... Is it a correct sentence? You seem to have been very busy lately. Thanks.
  • Jan 25, 2023 ... The "You seem to have gotten lost" is a 404 route within your NextJs application. There could be many things causing this redirect, and not necessarily a ...
  • Sep 22, 2024 ... Dungeon Adventure: You Seem to Have Survived. I have finished the game; my previous posts on Dungeon Adventure are needed to understand this ...
  • Jul 28, 2020 ...You seem to have me confused with some warm-blooded damsel in distress” ☠️ ☠️ .
  • Aug 28, 2024 ... [OOT] are you ok king Zora? You seem to have gotten hit by a boulder. Screenshot.
  • Sep 16, 2024 ... You seem to have enjoyed me enduring pain in this week's video when I was stitched up with the full treatment at the Turkish Barbershop in ...
  • 4 days ago ... Here's something a lot of you seem to have missed. Discussion. The release date is not up to Toby anymore. Chapter 3 & 4 are done, 100 ...
  • You seem to have declare too little query method parameters! - Spring Mongo TextSearch · Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 7 months ago. Modified 4 years, 2 ...

Alternatives:

  • You appear to have
  • It looks like you have
  • It seems like you have

you seemed to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in the past tense to describe a previous observation or opinion about someone's actions or behavior.

Examples:

  • You seemed to enjoy the movie.
  • You seemed to be in a hurry.
  • You seemed to have a good time at the party.
  • You seemed to understand the instructions.
  • You seemed to have a lot of energy.
  • Feb 5, 2022 ... Alot of you seemed to like the Aquarium design, so here is a video of how to make it! (sry for the quality). Interior Detail. This video ...
  • Jun 28, 2024 ... 1085 likes, 175 comments - marlatellez on June 28, 2024: "You seemed to be ok with a weekly look at my #studiostyle so here goes…
  • May 13, 2023 ... A Lot of you seemed to like the Jojo Driller I made, so I made another Version for the Engineer · Best · Top · New · Controversial · Old · Q&A ...
  • You seemed to have some speed here last year. Now that everyone has some laps under their belt in Chicago, how do you think that will translate into this...
  • Aug 18, 2024 ... You seemed to like my genderbent Okita cosplay so I wanted to show you the process of making the bazooka · Comments Section · Community Info ...
  • Sep 23, 2024 ... You seemed to enjoy my owl photo with the moon the other day (thank you for the kind comments!) so I figured I'd show you one I got a little ...
  • Aug 13, 2020 ... Since you seemed to like the post yesterday, I thought I would give you another glimpse of the young Gene Kelly to confirm that the smiling ...
  • Feb 18, 2023 ... You seemed to have used invalid Handlebars syntax. This mostly happens, when you use a helper that is not supported. See the full list of ...
  • Aug 20, 2020 ... Just because so many of you seemed to enjoy my little sappy love post yesterday...here's another one for you from one of my best buds Elena ...

Alternatives:

  • You appeared to
  • It looked like you
  • It seemed like you

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