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Belly  #458692  Mon, 31 Dec 07 04:10 AM

There seem to be some problems

There seems to be a problem

Are they correct?

  
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Clive  #458697  Mon, 31 Dec 07 04:41 AM

Hi,

Both sound acceptable to me.

Clive

  
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Philip  #458734  Mon, 31 Dec 07 07:26 AM
 Belly wrote:

There seem to be some problems

There seems to be a problem

Are they correct?

I've never understood why, in these constructions, the very impersonal verb "there seem(s)" should be dictated as to number by what follows.  However, these sound quite natural to me, probably because that's the way we usually do it rather than because it "makes sense".
  
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