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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

The difference in meaning

Hello
What is the difference in meaning?
You are speaking like a teacher.(you are well prepared that when you speak I might think you are a teacher)1
You speak as a teacher.(?)2

Has anything new happened?
Anything new happened?(I see no difference in meaning)

Thank you
Christine
  

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You are speaking/ You speak like a teacher = Your words sound like those a teacher would say. You are speaking / You speak as a teacher = Your statements are representative of your authority / your position as teacher. Has anything new happened?

— Mister Micawber

  • You are speaking/ You speak like a teacher = Your words sound like those a teacher would say.
  • You are speaking / You speak as a teacher = Your statements are representative of your authority / your position as teacher.
  • Has anything new happened?
  • '.
  • It is a sentence fragment representing the sentence above.
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You are speaking/ You speak like a teacher = Your words sound like those a teacher would say.

You are speaking / You speak as a teacher = Your statements are representative of your authority / your position as teacher.

Has anything new happened?
Anything new happened?-- A casual spoken utterance, but not a more usual one, which would be 'Anything new happ
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