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> "This is how it looks like." I seem to come across an increasing number of occurrences of the phrase 'how it looks like' (and derivatives). This, to me, soun
by m-app 13y ago
> "This is how it looks like."
I seem to come across an increasing number of occurrences of the phrase 'how it looks like' (and derivatives). This, to me, sounds very wrong and is starting to annoy me more than I'd like... But since it seems to become more widespread, maybe it's me? (non-native English speaker, btw)
- riffraff 13y agowould you prefer "this is how it looks" ? I'm actually asking because I don't know, not being a native speaker either. I just picked up the "looks like" idiom and assumed it was en_us considered ok (like "long time no see" or using "egregious" to mean the opposite of the original meaning)
- rowyourboat 13y agoYeah... "This is how it looks" or "this is what it looks like" are logically consistent. "This is how it looks like"? It looks like how?
- riffraff 13y agoah makes sense, thanks!
- gadders 13y agoIt should be "This is how it looks" or "This is what it looks like". This is British English. Not sure if our American cousins have a different phrase.
- sanityinc 13y agoI've heard this mistake made particularly frequently by native German speakers.