The document discusses common errors in using the words "like" and "as" in English sentences. It provides examples of correct and incorrect usages, with the incorrect sentences marked with a ❌ and the correct ones marked with a ✅. The key rules are: 1) use "as", "as if", "as though", or "the way" when following a comparison with a subject and verb, and 2) use "like" to mean "similar to" but only use "as" when there is a verb involved in the comparison.
The document discusses common errors in using the words "like" and "as" in English sentences. It provides examples of correct and incorrect usages, with the incorrect sentences marked with a ❌ and the correct ones marked with a ✅. The key rules are: 1) use "as", "as if", "as though", or "the way" when following a comparison with a subject and verb, and 2) use "like" to mean "similar to" but only use "as" when there is a verb involved in the comparison.
The document discusses common errors in using the words "like" and "as" in English sentences. It provides examples of correct and incorrect usages, with the incorrect sentences marked with a ❌ and the correct ones marked with a ✅. The key rules are: 1) use "as", "as if", "as though", or "the way" when following a comparison with a subject and verb, and 2) use "like" to mean "similar to" but only use "as" when there is a verb involved in the comparison.
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♦️Do like I say.❌
Do as I say. ✅
♦️You look like you are angry. ❌
You look as if you are angry. (or "as though") ✅
♦️ ❌ You look the way your mother.
You look the way you mother
does. ✅ 💥 Rule - Instead of "like", use "as", "as if", "as though", or "the way" when following a comparison with a subject and verb.
♦️ I,as most students, try to get
good marks ❌
I,like most students, try to get
good marks ✅ OR I, as most students do, try to get good marks ✅ 💥 💥 Rule- "like" means- "similar to" "as" means- "in the same manner that." Do not use "as" unless there is a Verb involved in the sentence.