Isn't it: You look like "<object>"? - English Stack Exchange

The Starbucks Rewards program has this tagline:

You look like you'd love a free drink.

Is this grammatical? I couldn't quite understand how the clause "you'd love a free drink" act like an object. Or is this a phrase which means something like:

You look like someone who would love a free drink.

edited Jan 26 '19 at 17:25

asked Jan 26 '19 at 17:07

Kedar Mhaswade

It looks like you’ve misidentified like here. – tchrist Jan 26 '19 at 17:10
I am confused. Is the tagline grammatical (according to modern English grammar)? Yes or no? – Kedar Mhaswade Jan 26 '19 at 17:27
Yes. The latter. – Jim Jan 26 '19 at 17:35
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Yes, it's grammatical, though informal for some speakers. "Like" is not a conjunction but a preposition here, with the content clause "you'd love a free drink" as its complement. Your paraphrase is just another way of saying the same thing. – BillJ Jan 26 '19 at 18:33
Huh, why the downvote? – Kedar Mhaswade Jan 26 '19 at 18:52

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