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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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as he said

01. As he said, we need change our business goals.02br
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002. Like what he said, we need to change our business goals.02br
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00I know #1 is correct, but is #2 equally correct?0-
  

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01cite10New2grammar12cite101. As he said, we need change our business goals.12br
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102. Like what he said, we need to change our business goals.12br
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10You could say that again.0-
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0 No, 2 is not correct English. You will hear people say it, but it is not correct. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10No, 2 is not correct English. You will hear people say it, but it is not correct.12blockquote
10Hi, Nona, if we move "Like what he said" to the end of the sentence, what do you think?02br
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11cite20Nona The Brit22cite20No, 2 is not correct English. You will hear people say it, but it is not correct.22blockquote
20Hi, Nona, if we move "Like what he said" to the end of the sentence, what do you think?12br
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0The use of like as a conjunction is informal.02br
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00Like 01del00what02del00 he said, we need to change our business goals.0-
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01. As he said, we need change our business goals. (I believe this is BrE.)02br
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002. Like 01del00what02del00 he said, we need to change our business goals. (I believe this is AmE.)0-
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0In summary, we can't replace 'as he said' with 'like what he said', though 'like he said' is still acceptable informally.02br
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00However, 'like what he said' is still correct in certain sentences that do not share the meaning of 'as he said'. For example,02br
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00He finds out that the public doesn't 01b00like what he said02b00
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0 00>He finds out that the public doesn't 01b00like what he said02b00, so he changes it.02br
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00 This is correct, but has a totally different meaning. This is the 01b00VERB02b00 01i00like02i00. 02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10>He finds out that the public doesn't 11b10like what he said12b10, so he changes it.12br
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10This is correct, but has a totally different meaning. This is the 11b10VERB12b10 11i10like12i10. 12blockquote
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