Look very like
Can we say, “He looks very like someone”?
Perhaps we need to say, “He looks like someone very much”.
Do we need a comma after “say” like the two sentences above?
We can’t simply say, “He resembles someone.”, can we? Because “resemble” doesn’t necessarily mean “ look” but could refer to other aspect, does it?
“take after” is only used for referring offsprings to their parents, isn’t it?
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healer Can we say, “He looks very like someone”? Yes, but that's pretty vacuous. Everybody looks like someone, very like someone, or very much like someone.
- healer Can we say, “He looks very like someone”?
- Yes, but that's pretty vacuous.
- Everybody looks like someone, very like someone, or very much like someone.
- healer Perhaps we need to say, “He looks like someone very much”.
- You can, but you don't need to.
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healerCan we say, “He looks very like someone”?
Yes, but that's pretty vacuous. Everybody looks like someone, very like someone, or very much like someone.
healerPerhaps we need to say, “He looks like someone very much”.
You can, but you don't need to. There are several ways to say it, as mentioned above.
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