I am curious about how traditional grammar handles "like" in a 
sentence like "One of these things is not like the others." (I know; 
Sesame Street).
   My instinct is to say "like the others" is prepositional phrase, 
complement to "is", therefore referring back (adjectivally?) to "One of 
these things." Would that be standard?
   If it can be easily replaced by "resembles" (or "doesn't resemble"), 
does that mean "be like" is shading into a verb like status with "the 
others" as object? Are we OK with flexible boundaries around our categories?

Craig

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