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Thatkoko666 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Do we use quotation marks with like?

For example:

My little brother went to my mom

He's like mom can you give me 5 dollars?

My mom's like honey I gave you $10 last weekend.

Do I need to use quotation marks after he's like/she's like?

I never do because as far as I know we always use direct speech in this construction.

I maybe wrong.

Just asking to ensure.

I found this another example:

LYRICS FROM WE'RE NEVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER BY TAYLOR SWIFT:

Huh, so he calls me up and he's like, I still love you
And I'm like I just I mean this is exhausting, you know, like
We are never getting back together like, ever

(I don't see any quotation marks here as well)

  

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I do not recommend that you use "like" in this way. " thatkoko666 Huh, so he calls me up and he's like, I still love you And I'm like I just I mean this is exhausting, you know, like We are never getting back together like, ever Overuse of the word "like" is widely seen as annoying. This appears to be a parody of such overuse, though it is hard to be sure.

— GPY

  • I do not recommend that you use "like" in this way.
  • " thatkoko666 Huh, so he calls me up and he's like, I still love you And I'm like I just I mean this is exhausting, you know, like We are never getting back together like, ever Overuse of the word "like" is widely seen as annoying.
  • This appears to be a parody of such overuse, though it is hard to be sure.
  • In any case, do not expect pop song lyrics to be correct English or to be transcribed properly on lyrics websites.
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I do not recommend that you use "like" in this way. If for some reason you must write in this style, you should use quotation marks:

He's like, "Mom can you give me five dollars?"
My mom's like, "Honey, I gave you ten dollars last weekend."

thatkoko666Huh, so he call
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Using like in this way is considered substandard English. The direct speech should have quotation marks but people who use like in this way don't seem to worry about correct grammar.

In addition, they speak this way a lot more than they write, and quotation marks feature ony in writing.

>>>> My advice to you is simply not to use like in this way.

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