Dec 6, 2014 · Irrespective of the context, it is either "what it looks like" or "how it looks", not "how it looks like". However, let me add that as much as it is grammatically incorrect, you can find any number of occurrences of the phrase in daily use. You will not see "how it looks like" in the writing of learned English users, though.

May 22, 2017 · How [does it look like something]? An interrogative phrase with What just replaces a noun phrase: What [does it look like something]? So, in short, the Original Poster's intuitions are correct. If we try to use How but not delete the preposition, the sentence will be ungrammatical: *How does it look like? (ungrammatical - like should be deleted)

Aug 16, 2020 · Good spot. "This car looks like John's car" can mean either "This car looks as if it must be John's car" or "This car looks [very] similar to John's car". Deletion (here from "This car looks like it must be John's car" or "This car looks like John's car does" ** often gives rise to ambiguity. But deletions are often used, usually where the ...

Apr 19, 2011 · There is a semantic difference between look/appear and seem: One should use look or appear when describing an observable condition - e.g.: Rhonda looks sad - the example implies that there is some observable state or behavior that supports the statement (Rhonda may have tears rolling down her cheeks, for example).

Aug 25, 2015 · The preposition like is generally considered a bit informal when followed by a clause: It looks like [I misunderstood Berta's explanation] But is slightly less informal when followed by a noun phrase: It looks like [rain]. If you want to achieve a less informal effect you can use a preposition phrase headed by as though:

Dec 23, 2018 · Whether "to look like" is a linking verb in English ("This looks [~to be] he") (likely it is); Whether "to look like" is an idiographic construction following its own rules, or rather an ellipticization or reduction of, say "This looks like [it is] he" or "This looks like he [looks (/does)]."

"No all that glitters is gold" - people sometimes chase after stuff because it looks like it's what they want, even when it isn't. Easily applicable to stuff like the "Cult of New" where people want the shiny new technology. For furniture, you might use "rickety" to describe something that would break if you sat on it.

Dec 6, 2014 · Here, instead of “Richard” plus “William” colliding so as to produce “Rilchiam,” “How it feels” and “What it feels like” collide to produce “How it feels like.” In formal writing this type of thing is thoroughly normal and commonplace in drafts but should preferably be caught in revision, and one of the two different ...

"like" is seen as a preposition today and prepositions are followed by an object case. So it is natural that "like me/like him" is most often used. Originally like was an adjective (similar) as in "He is like his brother".

Apr 8, 2017 · A few symbols that look like ^: Well, ^ itself; in maths, I usually call it hat , but another answer says Wikipedia says it is also called roof or house ; as a diacritic, I would call it a circumflex, or maybe even a hat; in French, it is called "accent circumflexe" (circumflex accent), or le petit chapeau (the little hat), so yeah, hat is just ...