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like vs very like

Both 'like' and 'very like' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Like' is used to express similarity or enjoyment, while 'very like' is used to emphasize the degree of similarity or enjoyment.

Last updated: March 31, 2024 • 876 views

like

Correct. 'Like' is used to express similarity or enjoyment.

Use 'like' to indicate similarity or enjoyment, such as 'I like ice cream' or 'She looks like her mother.'
  • People like you are people like - like him.
  • Home to philosophers like Giambattista Vico, composers like Scarlatti and actors like Totò.
  • Guys like us are just like beautiful girls.
  • Girls like us never go for guys like you.
  • They have their problems, like... like everyone.
  • People like you should be stomped out like bugs.
  • Just like the rich folks like your parents made Gotham.
  • These cookies are shaped like things humans like.
  • We instinctively like people like ourselves.
  • So, like, many times, like, can like, you say "like" like in like, 30...
  • Girls like you never like guys like me.
  • Girls like you never like guys like me.
  • I like my licorice like I like my women.
  • They like shiny things like scandal, like astronauts maybe dying because they took Braeband's flagship drug.
  • I like my licorice like I like my women.
  • More like looks like Krakow and treats you like Catalano.
  • Weird, like... like... like... like a picture of a picture.
  • These people like me and I like them.
  • You know, I actually like weird girls like yourself.
  • Looks like a small bulb used to indicate something unusual, like a malfunction.

very like

Correct. 'Very like' is used to emphasize the degree of similarity or enjoyment.

Use 'very like' to emphasize the level of similarity or enjoyment, such as 'She is very like her sister' or 'I am very like my father.'
  • You can say that its existence is very like Gu Jun Pyo.
  • and Peladon is very like Earth.
  • Andropause is a condition that affects men that is very like women's menopause.
  • The German term for the spice, "Kreuzkümmel" refers to the cruciform shape of the plant's leaves which look very like a dried fruit.
  • The card looks very like an ethernet card in practice and is configured in much the same way.
  • This is a beach buggy very like the one that Steve McQueen drove in the original Thomas Crown Affair.
  • Mr. Ransome described something very like it.
  • There's a situation in here very like our own.
  • Yes, or something very like.
  • It sounded very like the Korato in so many ways.
  • A passage in Handel's opera Almira, written in 1704, is very like the Harmonious Blacksmith tune, so it is likely that it was his own.
  • He asked me to help him make a video, because he had an idea very like my Homage in his head. I told him okay, let's try.
  • The new tab page is very like Chrome's feature of the same name.
  • As this would introduce an element of something very like magic into an otherwise rational universe, the use of hyperspace had to be hedged in some way.
  • Such boat seems is very like to that already in use I press the ancient peoples italici.
  • My boyfriend is very like this gift, we are more in...
  • I've filled out this form already, or one very like it.
  • There I experienced a popular piety which, I must say, is very like that in my own region.
  • Something very like almost happened during its first creation, you see, my friend.
  • And the look I saw in your eyes then is very like the one I see now.

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