Comments on: Like and As http://www.english-at-home.com Learn English for free Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:10:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leo Zhuhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-56364 Leo Zhu Thu, 27 May 2010 02:40:12 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-56364 Thanh,As I understood, your two sentences have different meaning as Clare said. Thanh,

As I understood, your two sentences have different meaning as Clare said.

]]> By: selenhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-51920 selen Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:02:19 +0000 http://english-at-home.com/beta-wp/grammar/like-and-as/#comment-51920 As is used with a preposition, such as, "As in the 1960's, the population explosion will cause some problems." As is used with a preposition, such as, "As in the 1960's, the population explosion will cause some problems."

]]> By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/#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.)

]]> By: Thanhhttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/#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" ?

]]> By: Clarehttp://www.english-at-home.com/grammar/like-and-as/#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…

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