As title, which one is more correct between:
- It seems this month I'm getting better at something
- It seems this month I get better at something
Or maybe both are grammatically correct, are just different in what they mean.?
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All the sentences you wrote can be used, and would mean to give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality.
Dawn seemed annoyed.
There seems to be plenty to eat.
It seemed that he was determined to oppose her.
Looking on the Corpus of Contemporary English for some phrases containing it seems, I get the following result:
Phrase | Frequency per million
|
| Spoken | Magazine | Newspaper | Academic
It seems a | 1.11 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 0.66
It seems like | 17.33 | 3.94 | 6.68 | 0.76
It seems that | 9.40 | 6.30 | 5.35 | 12.01
It seems to be | 6.90 | 1.90 | 2.32 | 1.87
The problem with "I was wondering what are the differences between A and B" is that the segment "I was wondering" is a complete sentence and "What are the differences between A and B?" is a complete sentence. It sounds funny smushing them together without punctuation:
I was wondering: What are the differences between A and B?
I was wondering, what are the differences between A and B?
The problem disappears with "I was wondering what the differences between A and B are" because "What the differences between A and B are" is not a sentence and the whole sentence is more like the form "I was wondering what these are."
Restructuring a sentence because a bit in the middle is getting too long is okay to do but there are other ways to deal with the same problem:
I was wondering about A and B. What are the differences here?
Best Answer
Before some certain people come in claiming that one is valid and one isn't, I'd like to say that both are grammatically correct, but the second example is less common and more general in meaning.
[It seems] this month [I'm getting better] [at something].
Arguably this month is a "replacement" for that, and more specific in meaning.
[It seems that I'm getting better at something]
To outside viewers i'm improving my own capabilities of doing something, actively participating.
[It seems that I get better at something]
Almost the same initially, but can lack the active participation, as in, someone "suffers" getting better at something. Or in a broader view, someone receives something that is called better, somewhere(at something).
Without more context: They do mean the same thing, and both are grammatically correct.