最近讀到有seem 與 appear用法時 看到書上寫著:
seem或appear之後的to be 後所接的形容詞只做敘述用法時，to be不能省略。
請問所提到的敘述用法(used only predicaively) 是何意思?
原文如下:
動詞seem和appear後接不定詞to be 再加上形容詞或名詞做補語時，
to be 可以省略。除非該形容詞只做敘述用法(used only predicatively)如awake，
asleep，afraod等等，
則to be 不能省。happen 與 chance 亦適用於此規則。
to be 可省
He seemed (to be) surprised at the news.
This seems (to be) a serious matter.
I seem (to be) unable to enjoy myself.
to be 不能省
The baby seems to be asleep / to be sleeping.
My enquires seem to have been resented.
She happened to be out when I called.
We chanced to meet in the park.
There seems to have been some mistake.
It appears unlikely that we'll arrive on time.
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