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A side-cut of what the deepest cave in the world looks like rule (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by v4ld1z@lemmy.zip to c/196

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[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago

How it looks
What it looks like

Pick one

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 weeks ago

Sorry, ESL

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 20 points 4 weeks ago

If they know how to correct it, you’ve done alright.

[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

It's a very common mistake. Probably one of those areas where English is just plain odd when compared to others.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 weeks ago

I'd like to think of me as being a somewhat competent speaker of English (degree in English, written English heaps better than spoken, I'm sure), but some of these very small quirks are just something I've either never learned or hadn't bothered to remember lol

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Many native English speakers don't know them. To them (myself included) it just doesn't "sound right" but I couldn't tell you why it's wrong.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"like" needs an object for the comparison. Something can't just "look like", it has to look like something. "What" is an indirect reference to an object so you can say what it looks like.

"How" is a reference to an adjective or a description, so it doesn't need another word to make it a comparison. How does the cave look? It looks terrifying.