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Like a nd a s
Like = 'similar to', 'the same as'. Note that you cannot use as in this way: • W hat a beautiful house! Iťs like a paláce, (not ' as a paláce') • ' What does Sandra do?' 'She's a teacher, like me.' {not 'as me') • Be careful! The floor has been polished. Iťs like walking on ice. (not ' as walking') • I ťs raining again. I hate weather like this. (not 'as this') In these sentences, like is a preposition. So it is followed by a noun (like a paláce), a pronoun (like me / like this) or -ing (like walking). You can also say 'like (somebody/something) doing something': • ' Whaťs that noise?' 'It sounds like a baby crying.' Sometimes like = 'for example': • Some sports, like motor racing, can be dangerous. Y ou can also use such as (= for example): • Some sports, such as motor racing, can be dangerous. We use as (not ' like') before a subject + verb: • I d idn't move anything. I left everything as I found it. • T hey did as they promised. (= They did what they promised.) C ompare like and as in these sentences: • Y ou should have done it like this. (like + pronoun) • Y ou should have done it as I showed you. (as + subject + verb) We also say as you know / as I said / as she expected / as I thought e t c : • As you know, iťs Tonťs birthday next week. (= you know this already) • J ane failed her driving test, as she expected. (= she expected this before) Note that we say as usual / as always: • Y ou're late as usual. As can also be a preposition but the meaning is different from like. Compare: as • Brenda Casey is the manager of a company. As the manager, she has to make many important decisions. ('As the manager' = in her position as the manager) • During the war this hotel was used as a h ospital. (so it really was a hospital) like M ary Stone is the assistant manager. Like the manager (Brenda Casey), she a lso has to make important decisions. ('Like the manager' = similar to the manager) Everyone is ill at home. Our house is like a hospital. (it isn't really a hospital)

A s (preposition) = ' in the posiliou o f , 'in the form of e t c : • A few years ago I worked as a bus driver, (not 'like a bus driver') • W eVe got a garage but we haven't got a car, so we use the garage as a workshop. • M any English words (for example, 'work' and 'rain') can be used as verbs or nouns. • L ondon is all right as a pláce to visit, but I wouldn't like to live there. • T he news of her death came as a great shock. We say regard...as: • I regard her as my best friend.

As...as

T he s a m e as

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As (reason and time)

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A s if