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Nid01 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
What's the difference, please
"How does he look like?" or "What does he look like?"
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How does he look? What does he look like?
- How does he look?
- What does he look like?
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nid01: What's the difference, please?Easy question! How ... like? is wrong. "What ... like? is correct.
"How does he look like?" or "What does he look like?"
CJ
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nid01I mean what difference is there in use between the two questions.The difference is that you can't use the first one without being recognized as someone who doesn't know how to speak English. Sad, but true.
CJ
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So you mean it's better English to say: "What does he look like?" rather than say the first one.
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The first one 'How does he look like?' is not English.
If you want to know whether someone is looking old/tired/ill/well/etc, you can ask 'How does he look?' If you want a physical description, asj "What does he look like?"
If you want to know whether someone is looking old/tired/ill/well/etc, you can ask 'How does he look?' If you want a physical description, asj "What does he look like?"
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Excuse me, what do you mean by: "is not English" when you said that the first one is not English.
fivejedjonis not English
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nid01So you mean it's better English to say: "What does he look like?" rather than say the first one.If by "the first one" you mean "How does he look like?", then certainly "What does he look like?" is better. It's more than better; it's correct.
If by "the first one" you mean "How does he look?", then here's the contrast:
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