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Stephenlearner Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Like + when-clause
Hi, Would you please look at these sentences? 1.Dad: Gilbert (the pet cat) needs a checkup.
Son: A checkup? Like when I go to the doctor?
2.Lately, Lena's forearm ached when she rotated her wrist, like when she drove a corkscrew into a bottle of wine. What is the complete form in the "like + when-clause"? Is it "like something when..." Thank you very much.
Son: A checkup? Like when I go to the doctor?
2.Lately, Lena's forearm ached when she rotated her wrist, like when she drove a corkscrew into a bottle of wine. What is the complete form in the "like + when-clause"? Is it "like something when..." Thank you very much.
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(1) is informal conversational English. "like" expresses similarity between two things. g.
- (1) is informal conversational English.
- "like" expresses similarity between two things.
- g.
- "Like the times when ~" or "Like the checkups that I have when ~", but there is no unique "answer" to this.
- I would say that in practice, at least informally, we feel that "a checkup" can be compared directly to "when I go to the doctor" without the need to pin down a specific implied noun or noun phrase to head the second part.
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(1) is informal conversational English. "like" expresses similarity between two things. It is possible to insert various phrases between "like" and "when", e.g. "Like the times when ~" or "Like the checkups that I have when ~", but there is no unique "answer" to this. I would say that in practice, at least informally, we feel that "a checkup" can be compared directly to "when I go to the docto
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