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Example 14-80
It seem like everybody leaving.
It
it
seem
seem
like
like
everybody
everybody
leaving.
leave.
prog
It seems that everybody is leaving.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
African American English
by
Lisa Green
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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