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Bookmark or Share- difference between "What is it like" and "How is it like"If someone has said that Y is like X, it is the most obviously succinct way of asking in what way it is like X. Without the X - a simple How is it like? - only makes sense to me if the like is purely rhetorical.
- how /what does he look like? (appearance) - WordReference Forums"He looks like a chimpanzee." "He looks like WHAT?" [This is the normal way I would expect to see this sentence used] "A chimpanzee" "I hope you're joking." "I have a new boyfriend." "What does he look like?" "He looks like a chimpanzee." "What does he look like?" [I suppose it is possible to make this emphatic, e.g. "WHAT does he look like?".
- Looks like it (?) - WordReference ForumsYes, "looks like it" is a common thing to say by itself. It can be used to answer many questions. It usually means either "I agree, that is probably true" or "I agree, that will probably happen." In the case of rain, the speaker means it literally: they look at the sky, and the sky "looks like" one that will rain.
- It looks like it? - WordReference Forums"It looks so" sounds a bit unusual, literary, maybe old-fashioned: in colloquial English "so" is mostly used in this words with certain verbs such as "say". Click to expand... Is the phrase "in this words" a typo?
- What does she look like? vs How does she look? - WordReference Forums"Like" in the sense you are asking about means (more or less) "similar to", and is often, although not always, followed by a noun. "He looks like a dancer." "Your friend looks a lot like my brother." It generally indicates description, i.e., when you ask what Italy was like, or what dinner was like, you are asking for a description.
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