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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
They all look() the same to me.
They all look the same to me.
I'd like to know if I can use "look" with out "like" before a noun equivalent, not a adjective.
Thank you in advance for your help.
I'd like to know if I can use "look" with out "like" before a noun equivalent, not a adjective.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Your sentence is fine, but I doubt that "the same" is functioning as a noun there. It seems adverbial.
- Your sentence is fine, but I doubt that "the same" is functioning as a noun there.
- It seems adverbial.
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Your sentence is fine, but I doubt that "the same" is functioning as a noun there. It seems adverbial.
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park sang joonI'd like to know if I can use "look" without "like" before a noun equivalent, not a adjective.The same appears to be an adjective phrase here, functioning as (subjective) predicative complement. It can also occur with other verbs which take adjectival complements, such as sound and taste.
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The same appears to be an adjective phrase here rather than a noun phrase, functioning as predicative complement (‘subject complement’ in traditional grammar). Look in the sense “appear” takes an adjective phrase but not a noun phrase:
They all look similar to me.
*They all look flowers to me. (Instead we need They all look like flowers to me.)
They all look similar to me.
*They all look flowers to me. (Instead we need They all look like flowers to me.)
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AnonymousThe same appears to be an adjective phraseYes, sorry, I think I meant adjectival not adverbial.
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