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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Do not take or do not consider

Hi,

please someone can correct me this sentence?

"lease do not consider my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand"

or

" please do not take my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand"

or possible to use the verb to see??

Thanks in advance

Pamela
  

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Hi, please someone can correct me this sentence? " p l e ase do not consider my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand" or " please do not take my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand" or possible to use the verb to see?? All three verbs are possible.

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  • Hi, please someone can correct me this sentence?
  • " p l e ase do not consider my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand" or " please do not take my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand" or possible to use the verb to see??
  • All three verbs are possible.
  • 'Take' is in my opinion more stylish.
  • Say 'as' instead of 'like'.
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Hi,

please someone can correct me this sentence?

"please do not consider my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand"

or

" please do not take my e-mail like a criticism or reprimand
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Thanks!

why " as " and not " like" ?

I thought in this context it is the same........ is it wrong at all ?

Thanks
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as is more formal - like is less formal.

I don't think like is wrong, as just sounds better.
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Hi,

It's true that they are often used interchangably, but here's how I see the nuances.

If I take an A as a B, it suggests that I think an A is a B.

If I take an A like a B, it suggests that I think A and B just resemble each other.
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Pamela81why " as " and not " like" ?
Certain verbs can be followed by two noun phrases separated by as. The first is the object; the second is the object complement. Here are a few examples:

take something as something else

I took his remark as a joke.

interpret something as somethin
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