Hello,
I have a short clarification question because the usage of 'like' sometimes still cracks me up
souvik101990 :
-> in general, Like is used straightforward when comparing nouns "Like Jamie, Louis ..." ; thats the easiest construction
-> more sophisticated constructions are "like Jerry diving [xyz]" - a noun + participle structure
Manhattan says to never put a prepositional phrase after like, which is understandable as well.
How about the following structure:
"The rapid development of India is like that of England in the Eigtheenth century"
We are comparing two nouns "the rapid development" - does the prep phrase after England create a wrong construction here or not? Or can we view this as whole "Noun / Phrase, Noun Construction" because "in ..." just describes the noun more closely? (the rapid development IN ....)
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