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Can unlike be used as a preposition?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, unlike can only be used as an adjective. It can only be an adjective because it must always be preceded by a linking verb (is, am, are, was, were, seems, etc.). A linking verb must connect (or link) the subject to an adjective.

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