Juse like or as we planned
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"Let's meet at 10:00am just like or as we planned."
Are both options equally valid?
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Both are correct. This use of like has been opposed during its long history, though: Like has been used as a conjunction in ways similar to as since the 14th century. In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries it was used in serious literature, but not often; in the 17th and 18th centuries it grew more frequent but less literary.
- Both are correct.
- This use of like has been opposed during its long history, though: Like has been used as a conjunction in ways similar to as since the 14th century.
- In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries it was used in serious literature, but not often; in the 17th and 18th centuries it grew more frequent but less literary.
- It became markedly more frequent in literary use again in the 19th century.
- By mid-century it was coming under critical fire, but not from grammarians, oddly enough, who were wrangling over whether it could be called a preposition or not.
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Both are correct. This use of like has been opposed during its long history, though:
Like has been used as a conjunction in ways similar to as since the 14th century. In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries it was used in serious literature, but not often; in the 17th and 18th centuries it grew more frequent but less literary. It became mar
0Let's meet at 10:00am, just like / as we planned.
Yes: both options are valid.
Here, "like" is an adjective with the comparative clause "we planned" as its complement.
"Like" is in competition with "as", many speakers preferring the latter due to a strong tradition of prescriptive opposition to "like" occurring with a clausal complement. Traditional grammar also calls
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