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What's it like vs What like is it

The phrase 'what's it like' is correct and commonly used in English to inquire about someone's experience or opinion. On the other hand, 'what like is it' is not a standard or natural way to ask a question in English.

Last updated: March 21, 2024 • 849 views

What's it like

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to ask about someone's experience or opinion.

This phrase is used to inquire about the characteristics, qualities, or experiences associated with a particular thing, situation, or person.

Examples:

  • What's it like to live in a big city?
  • What's it like to work in that company?
  • What's it like to be a teacher?
  • What's it like to travel to Japan?
  • What's it like to study abroad?

Alternatives:

  • How is it?
  • Can you describe it?
  • What are your thoughts on it?
  • Tell me about it.
  • Describe the experience.

What like is it

This phrase is not a standard or natural way to ask a question in English.

  • The paradigmatic figure of twentieth-century history is the 'displaced person', a concept which emerged from the demographic migrations, deportations and ...
  • "What Like Is It?" Landscape and Language in Carol Ann Duffy's Love Poetry. Eleanor PorterAffiliated withHong Kong Baptist University Roselea Cowl Barn ...
  • Jan 26, 2016 ... For miles I have been saying. What like is it. the way I say things when I think. Nothing is silent. Nothing is not silent. What like is it. Only tonight.
  • goes down England. browsing for the right sky,. too blue swapped for a cool grey. For miles I have been saying. What like is it. the way I say things when 1 think.

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