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Where should the prepositional phrase go in this sentence?

A student with an adventurous mind like me cannot be happier than this.

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A student like me with an adventurous mind cannot be happier than this.

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They're both OK, but the second sentence should use commas to set off the second PP to indicate that it's defining what it means to be "like you".

A student like me, with an adventurous mind, cannot be happier than this.

A better way to write the first sentence would be

A student with an adventurous mind like mine cannot be happier than this.

This makes it clear that it's the adventurous mind that characterizes this set of students.

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  1. A student with an adventurous mind like me cannot be happier than this.

  2. A student like me with an adventurous mind cannot be happier than this.

Both are technically "correct" -- they don't break any rigid rules.

The main problem is that the first version is a hair awkward -- it's not immediately clear what "like me" refers to (though it is reasonably clear after some contemplation).

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