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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Like Vs As
Pls someone help me to understand the difference between the sentences below?
1.Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
2.As did Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
3.As Haydn did,Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
1.Like Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
2.As did Haydn, Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
3.As Haydn did,Schubert wrote a great deal for the stage, but he is remembered principally for his chamber and concert-hall music.
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It's an illustration that like is a preposition and as is a conjunction, as well as two ways of arranging subject and verb after as . The meanings are the same. CJ
- It's an illustration that like is a preposition and as is a conjunction, as well as two ways of arranging subject and verb after as .
- The meanings are the same.
- CJ
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It's an illustration that like is a preposition and as is a conjunction, as well as two ways of arranging subject and verb after as. The meanings are the same.
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Thanks CJ,
Do you imply -
like is a preposition so Like Haydn is a prepositional phrase and should modify the noun following it ..Similarly, as is a conjunction so As did Haydn is a subordinate clause thus an expansion of thought in a main clause and does not need to modify the noun following it..
I understand , all the sentences are correct grammatically. However ,
Do you imply -
like is a preposition so Like Haydn is a prepositional phrase and should modify the noun following it ..Similarly, as is a conjunction so As did Haydn is a subordinate clause thus an expansion of thought in a main clause and does not need to modify the noun following it..
I understand , all the sentences are correct grammatically. However ,
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pokhlike is a preposition so Like Haydn is a prepositional phrase and should modify the noun following it ..Similarly, as is a conjunction so As did Haydn is a subordinate clause thus an expansion of thought in a main clause and does not need to modify the noun following it..Yes. That's pretty much what I meant.
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