YOU SAID:
I'm going to eat this tomato as though it is an apple.
INTO JAPANESE
このトマトをリンゴのように食べます。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Eat this tomato like an apple.
INTO JAPANESE
私は林檎が好きです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I like an apple.
INTO JAPANESE
私は林檎が好きです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I like an apple.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.