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Spinyman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference?

Hello.

I have two sentences:

They look like as if they had a fight and walking away.

They look as if they had a fight and walking away.

Why is there "like" in the first sentence? Can we omit that? Would the meaning be different if we didn't omit "like"?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

'Like' is wrong in the first sentence. You have two choices: They look like they had a fight and are walking away. They look as if t hey had a fight and are walking away.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Like' is wrong in the first sentence.
  • You have two choices: They look like they had a fight and are walking away.
  • They look as if t hey had a fight and are walking away.
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'Like' is wrong in the first sentence. You have two choices:

They look like they had a fight and are walking away.

They look as if they had a fight and are walking away.
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