"It looks" "It seems" . The verb "to seem" is actually the passive of the verb "to see", but has gone beyond sight in use. Both "looks" and "seems" can refer to how something is seen. The book seems green. The book looks green. "Seems" and "feels" can involve touching and imaginings beyond senses: This cloth seems rough. This cloth feels rough. This situation feels dangerous to me. This ...
If A seems to be B then A is very probably B, usually because of evidence. If A seems like B, then A resembles B in some way, but may not be identical. Sentence (1) does not make sense, because we use a definite phrase after 'it seems' (e.g. 'it was ') to mean that something, often contrary to what we had thought, has turned out to actually be the case - I thought that Joe was a nice guy, but ...
Watching this video, an American called Nick says, to Americans, the sentence " It seems that " sounds weird, but " It seems like " sounds more natural to Americans. Does it hold true? Most of the conversation is done in English, so please try to listen to this. The Japanese on the right side is taught mostly by Australians so any English speakers' responses are welcome. Thank you in advance.
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Proposed NY Mets-Tigers trade for Tarik Skubal seems simple with only one dilemma
As for It seems to be activated vs It seems to have been activated - the first is taking activated as an adjective, which is less common (except in the phrase activated charcoal). The second it is the past participle of activate, so that is a passive clause, and seems to me to fit better.