The phrase "a subject like a" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to assess its correctness in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you are comparing or describing a subject in relation to something else, but it needs additional information to be fully clear.
Example: "In this course, we will explore a subject like a complex system that requires careful analysis."
Alternatives: "a topic similar to" or "an issue akin to".
Their timing was so superb and they had the ability to dissect a subject like a scalpel".
The sage, 2,549 years on ReprintsBut others point out that "the rectification of names" (a son should behave like a son, a subject like a subject) was a two-way street: fathers and rulers also had obligations.
The writer Nicholas Carr said that before the internet he would approach a subject like a deep sea diver, and afterwards like a jet skier, skimming over the top of everything.
That's why I say I had to grow up on my own," she said recently when she showed up for an interview at a West Hollywood restaurant with damp hair, a ready smile and a tendency to worry a subject like a puppy with a new chew toy.
The Oxford Biographies are careful and slightly dry, read in a well-bred, actorly manner; without dramatic flourishes, but with those little academic facts that shoot light on to a subject, like a torch picking out a detail in the dark.
According to Pavlensky, the government hopes to maintain the status quo as much as possible, especially with respect to such a subject like a government employee switching sides.
Occasionally, I stand in front of what I've learned on a subject, like an ant looking up at the Great Wall of China, thinking "how do I begin to explain this to another ant?" But it is just stone on top of stone, brick on top of brick, with a bit of mud in between to hold them together; it is like any other wall, just a lot bigger.
They say "it's not torture" because waterboarding, the harshest of the Bush-approved interrogation techniques, is only a "quick" and "painless" way to disorient a subject like an open-fingered face slap.
And who better to tackle a subject like mental illness than a bunch of comedy writers?
In any case, this is a drawing with a subject like no other.
"He's incredibly approachable, as much as a person can be on a subject like that.
