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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

"It's like nobody's business and it's not exactly like anybody cares"

So.. I was just wondering and did some searching but I actually didn't come up with anything...

Is there any grammar construcion or anything like that, which is used in that sentence:
"it's not like anybody cares"
I mean: "it's like/not like somebody does sth"

also another sentence: "it's like... your fault.." or "I'm like.. I don't really watch TV (for example)"

Is that correct?
  

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You have two different constructions here. 1. It's like / It's not like = It is as though / It is not as though = It is as if / It is not as if (almost always in the negative, though the affirmative is certainly also possible) It's not like anybody cares.

— CalifJim

  • You have two different constructions here.
  • 1.
  • It's like / It's not like = It is as though / It is not as though = It is as if / It is not as if (almost always in the negative, though the affirmative is certainly also possible) It's not like anybody cares.
  • 2.
  • The use of "like" as a pause word like "uh" or "er" interspersed throughout a sentence.
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You have two different constructions here.

1. It's like / It's not like = It is as though / It is not as though = It is as if / It is not as if
(almost always in the negative, though the affirmative is certainly also possible)

It's not like anybody cares.

2. The use of "like" as a pause word like "uh" or "er" interspersed throughout a sentence.
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