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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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Remy, you're like, strong and unavailable like Katniss Everdeen.

Remy, you're like, strong and unavailable like Katniss Everdeen.

I'd like to know why "like" is used in the sentence above, not "as."
Thank you, in advance, for your help.
  

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" The first 'like' is unrelated to 'as'; it is an interjection. r=66 The second 'like' is a preposition. See definition 7.

— Mister Micawber

  • " The first 'like' is unrelated to 'as'; it is an interjection.
  • r=66 The second 'like' is a preposition.
  • See definition 7.
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park sang joonI'd like to know why "like" is used in the sentence above, not "as."
The first 'like' is unrelated to 'as'; it is an interjection.
See definition 25: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Like?r=66

The second 'like' is a prepositio
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