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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Question on physical description

Hi teachers.
This question and aswer is correct:
What did her house look like?
It was very small.
My question is, why we don't use 'like' in the answer?

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

I would presume that "like" goes with "what" and obviously "what" is normally used in questions only. What did the house look like ? What was she like ?

— Ivanhr

  • I would presume that "like" goes with "what" and obviously "what" is normally used in questions only.
  • What did the house look like ?
  • What was she like ?
  • But there are exceptions.
  • What did she look like?
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I would presume that "like" goes with "what" and obviously "what" is normally used in questions only.

What did the house look like?

What was she like?

But there are exceptions.

What did she look like?

She looked (just) like her mother.
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Hi Ivanhr.
Thank you for your reply, but I wrote the wrong question. In fact, I wanted to write this one, 'Why we don't use 'look' in the answer?

TS
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I've just edited my previous answer to incorporate this kind of thing.
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Hi Ivanhr,
Thank you for your reply. Is there a rule for the exceptions?

TS
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Thinking SpainHi Ivanhr,Thank you for your reply. Is there a rule for the exceptions?TS
If you include the verb look followed by a noun phrase in your answer, then you' will normally have to use "like".

She looked just like her mother.
but
She looked scared.
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IvanhrIf you include the verb look followed by a noun phrase in your answer, then you' will normally have to use "like".
Hi,
Thank you for your reply. It is a very good rule.

TS
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