Shifting between subjects

[MNDST]

Hello,
I just stumbled upon this sentence:

"His face looks like he's angry"

And I was wondering if it was considered grammatical. Usually these sentences go: "Subject + 'looks like' + something with the same subject" (i.e. 'he looks like he's angry') but in this case we have a first subject (his face) and then a second one (he).

Thanks in advance.

 

[Juhasz]

It's not grammatical, but it's a common mistake that native speakers make. This looks like the kind of sentence I might expect to find on an internet forum (that's not devoted to the English language). I'd be surprised to find it published in a book.

Where did you come across this sentence?

 

[MNDST]

I found it on twitter so it would make sense! So I guess the grammatical equivalent would be something like "Judging from the look on his face, he must be angry"?

 

[Juhasz]

That's an excellent rephrasing.

 

[entangledbank]

His face makes him look like he's angry. That's still a bit odd, somehow, but is definitely grammatical.