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0 I often face two problems: 02br
001)where AS and where LIKE are used 02br
002) punctuation in English 02br
003)the use of VERY 02br
00Hope anyone could tell me smth on the subject, 02br
00Jess 0-
  

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0 Dear Jess, 02br 02br 00I'll deal with your first question. 02br 02br 00If you say: 02br 00"She works as a slave", it means that she has been hired to be a slave; her job is to be a slave. 02br 00"She works as a teacher": her job is: teacher.

— Goldmund

  • 0 Dear Jess, 02br 02br 00I'll deal with your first question.
  • 02br 02br 00If you say: 02br 00"She works as a slave", it means that she has been hired to be a slave; her job is to be a slave.
  • 02br 00"She works as a teacher": her job is: teacher.
  • 02br 02br 00If you say: 02br 00"She works like a slave", it means she works as much as a slave would do.
  • 02br 00"She looks like her father": she resembles her father.
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0 Dear Jess, 02br
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00I'll deal with your first question. 02br
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00If you say: 02br
00"She works as a slave", it means that she has been hired to be a slave; her job is to be a slave. 02br
00"She works as a teacher": her job is: teacher. 02br
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00If you say: 02br
00"She works like a slave", i
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0And I will respond to the punctuation question. Here is the Short Course: 02br
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00 VERY SHORT PUNCTUATION GUIDE 02br
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00 Very basic points about punctuation marks: 02br
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00 A COMMA isolates groups of words in a sentence in order to make the sentence meaning clear. If you don't need one, don't use it. If you need t
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0 Ok I'll take 'very'. 02br
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00It works as an intensifier. 02br
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00A horse is big. An elephant is very big. 02br
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00A cool drink is refreshing on a hot day. A cold drink with ice is very refreshing on a hot day. 02br
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0025 degrees is hot. 30 degrees is very hot. 02br
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