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Vocabulary
AS or LIKE?
Key
We use as
- to talk about the role of somebody/something
Example: He works as a computer programmer. (He is one.)
- to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think as your father did.
Our store will open on 25 December, as we usually do.
We use like
- to talk about similarity
Example: He uses the computer like a computer programmer (but he's not one).
- to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by an object, or by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think like your father.
Our store will open on 25 December, like we usually do.
- to talk about the role of somebody/something
Example: He works as a computer programmer. (He is one.)
- to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think as your father did.
Our store will open on 25 December, as we usually do.
We use like
- to talk about similarity
Example: He uses the computer like a computer programmer (but he's not one).
- to mean 'in the same way'. It's followed by an object, or by a subject and a verb. Examples:
You think like your father.
Our store will open on 25 December, like we usually do.
- as
She works as a tourist guide. (She is one.)
You look as you brother did when he was your age.
- like
She knows the place like a tourist guide (but she's not one.)
You look like your brother.