What's the difference between "seems and seems to be " ?

[NateRobinson]

What's the difference between "seems and seems to be " ?

1.He Seems silly .
2.He seems to be silly .
3.He seems to be a nice man
4.He seems a nice man

 

[Nucleara]

Hello Nate: )

I'm not a native speaker but, to me,I would rather say..

He looks silly
or
He looks like a really nice man

Something like that.
Better to wait for native speakers : )

 

[Valvs]

Here is the page with the search results I obtained by entering "seem to be" in the search window at the top of the page:

http://www.wordreference.com/definition/seem to be

As you can see, there are quite a few threads already discussing this and similar questions.

 

[Parla]

There's no difference in meaning.