Jun 7, 2017when using looks (meaning appearance), i would stick to that definition (different from look): Plural noun a person's physical appearance a young woman with wholesome good looks i. When we say "it looks like", we are talking about a quick visual inspection.
Feb 15, 2022if we use a verb after 'make', we use the base (infinitive) form, like these examples: It makes the intentional joke look like an unintentional one. She looks like a cat she looks like an 80's pop star etc.
"how does she look?" (note the question sounds more natural without "like".) since it's a "how" question, i think this question fits better if the expected. It looks as if it's going to fall. It looks like it's going to fall.
Since like and as if mean the same in the context of your sentence, it would be. It's very general question about a thing and it may include many planes such as look, smell, sound, feeling. A quick search of "would you rather look good or be good looking" or "would you rather have good looks or be good looking" reveals that most of the comparisons are against "good looking", e.g.
"it looks" "it seems" . Both "looks" and "seems" can refer to how something is seen. Oct 23, 2016their pale and colourless looks are not liked by slender girls.
Their pale and colourless looks is not liked by slender girls. There's no real difference, but in the first example the emphasis is a bit more on the "shirt" (the shirt looks good) and in the second one on "you" (you look good).
