Unlike/Like

[gunjan1208]

Does unlike follow the same rules as like?

[essaysnark]

In some cases, yes.

"Unlike her sister, she was a blonde" works the same as (but with an opposite meaning to)
"Like her sister, she was a blonde"

The first one means that she was blonde, her sister was not; the second, both sisters were blonde.

There's another usage entirely for "like" where "unlike" is not used - e.g., "The flavor I like best is chocolate."

This is a different case entirely; "unlike" would never be used in a similar way - though "dislike" could be (it would be "the flavor I dislike the most is...")

And, there's the usage of "like" meaning "similar", e.g., "I want a bicycle like that one" - you'd never use "unlike" in that way either.

(There could be more - these are the ones we thought of right away - hope this help!!)

EssaySnark

[gunjan1208]

Very good, thanks. Nice explanation.

[essaysnark]

gunjan1208, if you're asking about "like" and "as" then check out this other post too:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/post418213.html

(We know we saw someone asking about that, maybe it wasn't this post... if not, hopefully the other person will also find it!)