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Df2006 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

urgent help needed! WHAT IS HE LIKE / WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE ??

Will someone please be kind enough to help me analyse these two sentences?

  • What IS he LIKE?

  • What DOES he LOOK LIKE ?
What part of speech is like in these two sentences? its function ? It seems to me that the first LIKE is a preposition, and the second LIKE is a linking verb?

Many many thanks.
  

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WHAT IS HE LIKE? (HE is like that) What is a pronoun, and the subject of the prep. is -- verb he -- subject like -- preposition ------------------ does -- auxiliary verb look -- verb like -- prep.

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  • WHAT IS HE LIKE?
  • (HE is like that) What is a pronoun, and the subject of the prep.
  • is -- verb he -- subject like -- preposition ------------------ does -- auxiliary verb look -- verb like -- prep.
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WHAT IS HE LIKE?

(HE is like that)

What is a pronoun, and the subject of the prep.

is -- verb

he -- subject

like -- preposition

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does -- auxiliary verb

look -- verb

like -- prep.
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BTW,
What IS he LIKE?
is also related to the character/personality of the person, not just the looks, as in the 2nd.
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Many thanks indeed!
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