Verb +～そう grammar


> 面倒な手順の方が成功しそうじゃない？

What is ～そう ? Is is the contrary of ～そうにない ? So it would mean something like :
"It's likely that you will succeed if you do it the hard way" ?




<https://www.italki.com/question/353833>  
<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/129025/meaning/m0u/>  
"～そう" means "it seems", and "～そうにない" is the negative form. More literally,
your sentence would be "Doesn't it seem likely that you will succeed if you do
it the hard way?", with "じゃない?" meaning "doesn't/isn't it?" here.




<https://www.italki.com/question/353833>  
<https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/129025/meaning/m0u/>  
"～そう" means "it seems", and "～そうにない" is the negative form. More literally,
your sentence would be "Doesn't it seem likely that you will succeed if you do
it the hard way?", with "じゃない?" meaning "doesn't/isn't it?" here.

