Re: Similar vs. Similarly

"Adam Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>     I'm writing a paper and I can't seem to determine the correct form of
> the word 'similar' to use in the following sentance:
>
> "Similarly to the stone cameo of his wife Livia (fig. 2), this glass cameo
> features an image of the head of Augustus in total profile."
>
> I think it is correct as-is.  My fiance insists that I should be using the
> adjective 'similar'.  She's usually much better than I am with grammar,
but
> I'm fairly certain that in this sentance 'similarly' needs to be an adverb
> modifying 'features'.  Can anyone help me?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>
>

Here is my second try, but to me this sounds less clear than the first
version:

"This glass cameo features an image of the head of Augustus in profile, in a
similar manner as the stone cameo portrays his wife, Livia (fig. 2)."

To clear up my meaning a bit more, there are two cameos, a glass one of
Augustus, and a stone one of Livia.  They each portray one person, Augustus
on the one hand and Livia on the other.  What the cameos have in common is
the manner in which they portray their subject; as a head in profile.

-Adam