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"His eyes are like those of a leopard."
"His eyes seems those of a leopard."
"His eyes seem to be those of a leopard."
Are those three sentences correct?
"His eyes are like those of a leopard."
"His eyes seems those of a leopard."
"His eyes seem to be those of a leopard."
Are those three sentences correct?
"His eyes seems those of a leopard."
"His eyes seem to be those of a leopard."
Are those three sentences correct?
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The first one is correct. The others are unnatural.
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