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fMRI software bugs could upend years of research
It's a common error for native Swedes, It's a direct translation from Swedish. Could be true for other languages as well, I believe most Germanic languages use "how".
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on July 5, 2016
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English uses "how" too: it's correct to say "how X looks", with no "like".
"what … like" is synonymous with "how".
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