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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

like you or as you

Iam addressing a student:

It is great to have such good students like you.
1.Should I use 'like'or 'as'?
2.Shoul I say'such a good student like you?
  

Top answer

It is great to have such a good student like you. It is great to have such a good student as your grades are brilliant.

— Persian Learner

  • It is great to have such a good student like you.
  • It is great to have such a good student as your grades are brilliant.
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It is great to have such a good student like you.

It is great to have such a good student as your grades are brilliant.
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Persian LearnerIt is great to have such a good student like you.
why not as?
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why not as?
If we did so, the sentence would be like this:

I know the person who you! Who you what? We need a clause( subject+ verb) to complete the meaning of the whole sentence.

Grammatically, we never use a noun phrase after the conjunction as; we must have subject+ verb after conjunctions.

On the other ha
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thanks for your explanation
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Persian LearnerI have to be more careful as the head of the company (I am the head of the company)
I have a couple of points. " More" to me doesn't feel quite right in this sentence. If I were to construct this sentence, I would say " As the CEO of the company, I have to be extra careful (with what I say). I think putting the prep. phrase at the
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