She looks like a star?

[Nainajain]

Hi there,
I am still not clear with the difference between as and like please help me.......

[Simsim]

Mr. Alan,
I am still confused about those two similar words.Can you answer to us?
Thanks

[Alan]

Hi Simsim,

Let me try to be brief on this topic.

'As' can be used for comparisons - as good as gold not as easy as you thought.
'As' can be used to mean 'while' 'because' - As he walked by the church, he heard the singing. As it was raining, I took an umbrella
'As' can be used with the idea of 'in the job/role of' prepositionally - As experts they knew how to repair the computer.
'As' can be used adverbially in a sense of restriction - This law will apply as from 2012.

'Like' can be used as a preposition - The house was built like a fortress
'Like' can be used as a conjunction - The crowd at the football match were behaving like wild animals/like wild animals do.

This is a very simplified explanation.

Alan
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[Simsim]

Thanks Mr. Alan
Now I understood better.[/quote]

[Mitra584]

Dear Torsten,
Thanks for your explanation about 'as' and 'like' but according to your description, is the Mohammad's example is correct?
[b]1. He looks like a Palestinian.......this is not meant that he is a Palestinian

2. He is as a Palestinian.... He is 100% a Palestinian [/b]
With the best regard
Mitra
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[Surbhijain5]

thanks sir nice 1 test. i am become engg.i have to clear camps so coul u send tough vocab

[Pengbunheang]

Hello!
Through your discussion above, I still want to make myself clear about this point. Please, enjoy read my explanation!!!!

- "as" use to show about s.th isn't fact, but according to their activities or their appearance make us confuse.
e.g: She looks as a teacher.( but in fact she isn't a teacher.)
- "like" s.th not real but depend on only their appearance nearly the same that can make us confuse.
e.g: She look like her mother.
- If we don't use both (nothing), it means s.th unusual or different from normal.
e.g: Today she looks beautiful. (everyday she looks simple except today because she makes up or others.)

Forgive me if I am wrong. Especially, tell me about my mistakes.
Thanks before hand!

[Alan]

Hi,

You are right about 'like' meaning similar to/having the appearance of in the sentence: She looks like her mother. Your use of 'as' in the sense you have used it, has to be a comparison with actions rather than simple statements of similarity.

She looks like her mother.
She behaves as all mothers do.

Alan
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[Palak1]

when to use 'next' and 'next to'? what is the actual differences between these two words.please kindly explain.

[Beeesneees]

http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/next+to
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/next
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/next_2
http://www.oxfordadvancedlearnersdictionary.com/dictionary/next_3
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[Palak1]

thankz awfully for quick assistance...!!!