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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
African American English
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Examples
It seem like everybody leaving.
It
it
seem
seem
like
like
everybody
everybody
leaving.
leave.
prog
It seems that everybody is leaving.
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