请帮忙分析一下句子结构“It has changed over the years much like watching one of your kids grow up”

题目

请帮忙分析一下句子结构“It has changed over the years much like watching one of your kids grow up”
like是介词吗?“watching one of your kids grow up”是什么从句?
怯怯地问：如果like是介词，much是什么词？
我感觉like起连词作用，引导方式状语从句。much like watching one of your kids grow up是做状语。如果like做连词，那么还是要问much是什么词？
我正在学习过程中，所以有很多疑问，

答案

much like watching one of your kids grow up”.这里的like介词,这句是当状语,方式状语.而副词much修饰整个状语like在非正式情况下可以当连词,意思相当于as.其实是不是连词很好判断,我们知道连词是连接一个句子的.I...