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Seemed made of bronze. vs Seemed to be made of bronze.



 
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Seemed made of bronze. vs Seemed to be made of bronze. #1 (permalink) Sat Sep 20, 2008 20:54 pm   Seemed made of bronze. vs Seemed to be made of bronze.
 

Could one say:

1-The statue seemed made of bronze.
instead of:
2-The statue seemed to be made of bronze.
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made #2 (permalink) Sat Sep 20, 2008 22:32 pm   made
 

Hi Navi

Yes, both "seemed made of" and "seemed to be made of" are used.
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made #3 (permalink) Sun Sep 21, 2008 2:12 am   made
 

Yankee wrote:
Hi Navi

Yes, both "seemed made of" and "seemed to be made of" are used.
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Used in which registers and genres?
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