The baby is more like his mother than his father.
I guess 'more' is an adverb and 'like' is an preposition, and as we know 'adverb's modify 'other adverbs', 'verbs' and , 'adjectives'.
Now, in the second and first sentence adverb 'more' modify 'is' and 'looks' respectively.
And, are these adverbs answer the question of 'HOW' for verbs 'is' and 'looks ' ?
Am I right? Is my conclusion correct?
The baby is more like his mother than his father.
The baby looks more like his mother than his father.
Top answer
The baby is like his mother. The baby looks like his mother. The underlined prepositional phrase in those sentences is adjectival.
- The baby is like his mother.
- The baby looks like his mother.
- The underlined prepositional phrase in those sentences is adjectival.
- We can add an adverb that modifies the prepositional phrase.
- And then we can add a comparison.
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The baby is like his mother.
The baby looks like his mother.
The underlined prepositional phrase in those sentences is adjectival. We can add an adverb that modifies the prepositional phrase. And then we can add a comparison.
Every day the baby looks more and more like his mother.
The baby looks rather like his mothe
0This is an awkward concept to express in English. To be totally grammatically correct and clear, you would say "The baby is more like his mother than he is like his father", but a lot of people would grimace when they heard it. "The baby looks more like his mother than his father" is ambiguous. Does it mean the baby looks more like his mother than he looks like his father, or does it mean t
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