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  How to use As and Like

  Posted by Kerin on February 26, 2021 at 9:47 am

  This came up in a forum discussion inside our advanced English programme over the weekend and I think it could help all you English language learners out there!

  COMMON ERROR: “As Walker, English means opportunity to me …” ❌

  THE CORRECT SENTENCE IS: “Like Walker, English means opportunity to me …” ✅

  ▶️ As and like are prepositions or conjunctions and are often confused. The prepositions as and like have different meanings.

  ▶️ As + noun means ‘in the role of’,
  ▶️ Like + noun means ‘similar to’ or ‘in the same way as’.

  Compare
  As your teacher, I’ll help you as much as I can
  🟢 means the speaker is the teacher

  Like your teacher, I’ll help you as much as I can
  🟢 means the speaker is not your teacher but wants to act in a similar way to the teacher

  Hope that’s helpful!

  Kerin replied 3 years, 9 months ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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