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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

prep plus a clause

I don't want to sound like I'm speaking ill of anybody, but the manager's plan is unfair.

"Like" is a preposition. Can it be followed directly by a clause?

For example we should say"...depend on it that..."
  

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Like is also used as a conjunction. From Webster's Third New International Dictionary : 2: in the same way or manner as or to the same degree or extent as <impromptu programs where they ask question much like I do on the air> 3: as if: as though <wore his clothes like he was afraid of getting dirt on them> 4: in accordance with, the way in which, the way that <the violin now sounds like an old masterpiece should>

— Rvw

  • Like is also used as a conjunction.
  • From Webster's Third New International Dictionary : 2: in the same way or manner as or to the same degree or extent as <impromptu programs where they ask question much like I do on the air> 3: as if: as though <wore his clothes like he was afraid of getting dirt on them> 4: in accordance with, the way in which, the way that <the violin now sounds like an old masterpiece should>
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Like is also used as a conjunction. From Webster's Third New International Dictionary:

2: in the same way or manner as or to the same degree or extent as <impromptu programs where they ask question much like I do on the air>

3: as if: as though <wore his clothes like he was afraid of getting d
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Different types of clauses may follow a preposition.

In the example posted here, however, "like" is used as a conjunction rvw is right about that with the meaning "as if" or "as though". I don't dare say using "like" in that example is substandard English because a native speaker who uses "like" in that way might get mad at me; but I will say that it is, at least, extremely col
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