How does it look or what does it look like?

How does it look or what does it look like?

Summary: It's correct to use the question word what with the preposition like, but incorrect to use the question word how with the preposition like. So what it looks like is correct, but *how it looks like is incorrect. In grammatical terms, we need to use the noun what after the preposition like, not the adverb how.

Is it correct to look like?

So, some students will say—like, if I ask the question, "What does he look like?" They will say, "He looks like tall." But that's not correct. So, don't use "looks like" in your response to this question unless you want to describe a resemblance.

How do I look means?

How do I look?: What do you think of my appearance?

What he looks like or how he looks like?

Senior Member. "What does he look like?" would be the question. "How does he look like?" is incorrect; you can say "how does he look?," but that means "does he look well or ill?"20 Sept 2013

Is look like grammatically correct?

We can use "look like + sentence". We use this when we want to say our opinion about how somebody or something looks. We are not talking about what is actually happening.

How it is like or what it is like?

Senior Member. The only way "How is it like" would be correct is if it were followed by something else. For instance, "How is it like Florida?"26 Aug 2011

Should I use look or looks?

"Look" is the expression on a person's face. E.g., When he heard the news, a look of astonishment crossed his face. "Looks" is a person's appearance. E.g. She changed her looks so radically that I could not recognize her.

How or what does she look like?

'How does she look like' is wrong. You could say 'what does she look like', which is said by people looking at an outrageously dressed woman, or you could say 'how does she look' if you were asking the opinion of someone as to how someone else looked.

Which one is correct looks like or look like?

You want to explain that one object or one person looks similar to something else. In that case using "looks like" is fine. In other cases, like using these simple adjectives or these noun phrases to describe appearance, don't use looks like in your answer.