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Yanx Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
How to distinguish different meanings of "like"
Hi,
The word "like", as a parenthetical phrase, has several meanings. But I can't distinguish them correctly, so please help with it.
#1 Used when you pause: used when you pause while you are thinking what to say next, or because of a habit in the way you speak
Example: He hasn't called me in, like, three weeks.
#2 Used for drawing attention to sth: used for drawing someone's attention to what you are going to say, either because it's new information or because it is important.
Example: They were, like, so rude!
#3 Used in requests;Used when asking someone to do something that they might not want to do.
Example: I was wondering if I could, like, borrow the car this evening.
4# Used when giving information that is not exact.
Example: It was,like, the best meal I'd ever had.
My question is that if I only look at the four example sentences without the explanations before them, I can't distinguish them at all, so as an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences?
Thanks very much for your help!
TY
The word "like", as a parenthetical phrase, has several meanings. But I can't distinguish them correctly, so please help with it.
#1 Used when you pause: used when you pause while you are thinking what to say next, or because of a habit in the way you speak
Example: He hasn't called me in, like, three weeks.
#2 Used for drawing attention to sth: used for drawing someone's attention to what you are going to say, either because it's new information or because it is important.
Example: They were, like, so rude!
#3 Used in requests;Used when asking someone to do something that they might not want to do.
Example: I was wondering if I could, like, borrow the car this evening.
4# Used when giving information that is not exact.
Example: It was,like, the best meal I'd ever had.
My question is that if I only look at the four example sentences without the explanations before them, I can't distinguish them at all, so as an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences?
Thanks very much for your help!
TY
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yanx as an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences? I don't distinguish them. As far as I'm concerned they are all indicators of lazy and/or sloppy use of the language.
- yanx as an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences?
- I don't distinguish them.
- As far as I'm concerned they are all indicators of lazy and/or sloppy use of the language.
- They're no different in effect than the constant use of "uh", "hum", or "uh" throughout someone's speech.
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yanxas an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences?I don't distinguish them. As far as I'm concerned they are all indicators of lazy and/or sloppy use of the language. They're no different in effect than the constant use of "uh", "hum", or "uh" throughout someone's speech.
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MalReyyanxas an English native speaker, how do you distinguish the above four sentences?I don't distinguish them. As far as I'm concerned they are all indicators of lazy and/or sloppy use of the language. They're no different in effect than the constant use of "uh", "hum", or "uh" throughout someone's speech.Thanks!
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