If I'm on a higher floor in that same building and someone down in the lobby calls me on the phone and tells me about someone who has arrived, and I were to pass that information on to someone, would it be natural to use both of these sentences? Can "it looks like" be used if I haven't seen anything myself but only been told?
It seems that we've got company down in the lobby.
It looks like we've got company down in the lobby.
Best Answer
You can say "looks like" even though you have not seen the company. In this sentence "looks like" refers to the situation, not the visitor.