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What is the difference between "like" and "as"?



 
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What is the difference between "like" and "as"? #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:59 am   What is the difference between "like" and "as"?		  
Test No. incompl/inter-53 "Business Expressions (2)", question 3

She was very enthusiastic about her new job and was making rapid progress ......... nobody's business.

(a) as
(b) with
(c) similar
(d) like

Test No. incompl/inter-53 "Business Expressions (2)", answer 3

She was very enthusiastic about her new job and was making rapid progress like nobody's business.

Correct answer: (d) like
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Could you tell me please why word "as" doesn't fit ?
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Like #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 13:00 pm   Like		  
The comparison is with the noun not the verb.
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What is the difference between "like" and "as"? #3 (permalink) Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:17 am   What is the difference between "like" and "as"?		  
Can you explain "like nobody's business" meaning? Thank you
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What is the difference between "like" and "as"? #4 (permalink) Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:27 am   What is the difference between "like" and "as"?		  
IanChou wrote:
Can you explain "like nobody's business" meaning? Thank you
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The progress was so rapid no one could ever expect from her.

And literally (in this case) "nobody's business" means "beyond description" (though its meaning is somewhat jocular).
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What is the difference between "like" and "as"? #5 (permalink) Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:18 am   What is the difference between "like" and "as"?		  
Gheon wrote:
IanChou wrote:
Can you explain "like nobody's business" meaning? Thank you
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The progress was so rapid no one could ever expect from her.

Hi Gheon,

It doesn't necessarily mean that no one expected it from her.
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And literally (in this case) "nobody's business" means "beyond description" (though its meaning is somewhat jocular).


This is far more accurate an explanation, though it is idiomatic rather than literal.
It is a colloquial (slang) term for doing something 'in an extreme manner', 'very rapidly' or 'excessively'.

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