Let’s suppose someone is behaving in a very impolite and perhaps rude way with you and you dislike his manners toward yourself. In such a condition, do the following sentences mean the same and can they be used under these circumstances?
Don’t seem too forward.
Don’t seem overly friendly.
I wonder if you clarify the meaning of each one.
Answer
In your examples:
Don’t seem too forward.
Don’t seem overly friendly.
seem is not a good verb to use here, as it describes how things appear or the impression you get, not the state or actions of the other person.
When responding to the other person, it would be better to say, for example:
Don’t be too forward.
Don’t act overly friendly.
Usages of seem could be:
He seems too forward.
They don't seem overly friendly.
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