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Teal lime Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
As in or like in?
Which of the following sentence is correct?
1) I mean (the word) "scrape" as in "skyscrapers."
2) I mean (the word) "scrape" like in "skyscrapers."
Thank you.
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teal lime Which of the following sentence is correct? Number 1. Number 2 is a good example of when not to use "like".
- teal lime Which of the following sentence is correct?
- Number 1.
- Number 2 is a good example of when not to use "like".
- People do say it, but careful writers and speakers avoid it.
- By the way, you don't need "(the word)".
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teal limeWhich of the following sentence is correct?
Number 1. Number 2 is a good example of when not to use "like". People do say it, but careful writers and speakers avoid it. By the way, you don't need "(the word)". The quotation marks take care of that.
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