http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/comment-page-1/#comment-20391 Clare Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:00:51 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-20391 No. "He spoke like my father" = He sounded like my father, but he's not my father. He used the same sort of words as my father would. "He spoke as my father" = he spoke to me in the role of my father (not in the role of a friend giving advice, for example.) No. "He spoke like my father" = He sounded like my father, but he's not my father. He used the same sort of words as my father would.
"He spoke as my father" = he spoke to me in the role of my father (not in the role of a friend giving advice, for example.)

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/comment-page-1/#comment-20374 Thanh Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:32:18 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-20374 Excuse me, I still don't understand quite well your explaination. Did you mean "He sounded like.."=" He's not my father" and "He spoke in the role..."="He's really my father" ? Excuse me, I still don't understand quite well your explaination. Did you mean "He sounded like.."=" He's not my father" and "He spoke in the role…"="He's really my father" ?

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/comment-page-1/#comment-20326 Clare Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:23:49 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-20326 He spoke like = he sounded like... He spoke as = he spoke in the role of... He spoke like = he sounded like…
He spoke as = he spoke in the role of…

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/comment-page-1/#comment-20324 Thanh Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:16:42 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-20324 What about these " He spoke like my father" and "He spoke as my father" . What should we realise?. In spoken English, should we always use "like" instead of "as" every time then do we make interlocutor misunderstand regrettably ? Many thanks What about these " He spoke like my father" and "He spoke as my father" . What should we realise?. In spoken English, should we always use "like" instead of "as" every time then do we make interlocutor misunderstand regrettably ?
Many thanks

]]> http://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/comment-page-1/#comment-17664 Clare Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:50:56 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-17664 Not necessarily, as "got" is short for "have you got". Not necessarily, as "got" is short for "have you got".

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