LIKE AS or SUCH AS How to Give Example in English Basic English Grammar

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hi everybody my name is Alisha in this

lesson I’m going to talk about the

differences between like as and such as

and I’m also going to explain some

examples of when you might use these

words so let’s get started I want to

begin today with the word like like so

one of the ways we use the word like is

to make a comparison when we want to

compare two things or perhaps more we

can use the word like to do this the

correct use of the word like if you want

to be very strict is using the word like

before a noun phrase so when you want to

use the word like or maybe you’re

guessing should I use like or as which

we’ll talk about a little bit later make

sure to think about the part of the

sentence that comes after the word so

after you’re like her as doesn’t use a

noun phrase only is there just a noun or

maybe a noun phrase if there’s just a

noun then you should use the word like

like is the best choice like is the

correct choice in that case let’s look

at some examples of this okay first one

my friend eats like a pig so here I have

the word like making the comparison

between my friend and a pig so here a

pig follows the word like it’s a simple

noun so I know that like is correct

because like should be used before a

simple noun or symbol noun phrase let’s

look at another example she sleeps like

a baby here we see the same pattern a

simple noun baby follows the word like

so I know that like is the correct

choice here last may cook like

professional chefs so here professional

chefs is my noun phrase that follows the

word like I know that like is correct

because I should use it before noun

phrases we’ll take a look at some

different examples later what to do when

this is not

a noun phrase but please keep this in

mind we use like to make comparisons

when the comparison is just a simple

noun phrase okay let’s look at a couple

of other points we can use the word like

to introduce examples maybe like a list

when you’re speaking or maybe when

you’re writing as well so when you want

to introduce a few examples of something

you can use like to do this for example

I did lots of things last weekend like

biking hiking and mountain climbing here

I’m introducing a list of activities

hiking biking and mountain climbing I

use the word like with kind of downward

intonation to introduce that so I did a

lot of things last weekend like biking

hiking so you can hear like like

introduces that so when I want to

introduce the example I can use this

sort of downward intonation to do that

if however I want to ask someone for an

example I should use the opposite

intonation this is a very casual way to

ask someone for an example let’s imagine

a conversation then so person a says I

have so many ideas for the weekend and B

says like so here the difference is that

I’m using an upward intonation like to

ask for an example so person a

introduced maybe some ideas some

activities to do for the weekend

B would like to hear some of the ideas

so B requests it with like with upward

intonation so please keep this in mind

your intonation is important if you use

different intonation it might not be

clear to the listener so please keep

this in mind when you’re using the word

like okay let’s move on to the next

point for today though the word as so as

is also used to make a comparison

however the correct use of as is before

a phrase that contains a verb so when we

looked at the word like we saw that we

use like before a noun

or a noun phrase so there’s no verb that

follows the word like with ass however

if there is a verb in the phrase that

follows the word we should use the word

as let’s look at some examples he cooks

just as my mother does so here I have a

verb at the end of this sentence just as

my mother does just as just kind of an

emphasis word it’s showing that it’s

it’s exactly the same as my mother does

so here because I have a verb in the

part of the sentence that follows my

comparison word I need to use as as is

the correct choice here let’s look at

another example this is similar to one I

introduced with the word like here she

sleeps as if she were a baby here I’ve

chosen if here you see the word were a

verb follows this comparison word she

sleeps as if she were a baby so here

also I’m noting she is not a baby but

I’m using the phrase as if she were

meaning it seems as if it seems that she

is a baby she is not a baby but I’m

comparing I’m making the comparison with

the expression as if she were so I need

to use as here okay last one we talk

just as we did in college so again we

see a verb follows the comparison word

as did in this case so I need to use as

as is the correct choice here now

although this is kind of the I suppose

the strict explanation of this I should

mention that native speakers often do

not follow these rules in many cases in

casual conversations native speakers

tend to use the word like for all

comparisons as may sound a bit more

formal so it’s very common it’s very

natural to make mistakes with these even

among native speakers if you make a

mistake I don’t think you should worry

about it but if it’s important to you to

be very very correct all the time this

is a good rule to follow this is the

correct way to use like and ass so

remember life should come before a noun

phrase as should come before a phrase

that contains a verb that’s the

difference between these two however at

least in American English you will hear

like used very often to make comparisons

I myself do it I don’t use as so often

in my everyday conversations for

comparisons I tend to rely on like more

so maybe we’ll see this change this rule

change a little bit more over time who

knows anyway let’s continue on to the

last point for today the expression such

as such as so such as is is this is a

set phrase these two words are always

together in this case and we use such as

in the same way that we use like for

introducing examples or for asking about

examples however such as just sounds

more formal so if I want to introduce an

example but I’m in a more formal

situation like at work or perhaps with

someone who is in a position above me or

I just want to be more polite I can use

such as to describe the examples here I

have an example sentence we need to

improve our strategies in departments

such as marketing customer relations and

product development

so here I’ve listed three examples in

this case departments and I introduced

those with the word such as or with the

expression such as so such as is

introducing those in a more formal way

therefore we can use it again even in

casual situations to like but if you

want to kind of elevate that sort of

politeness a little bit like here

another example ideas such as hiking

camping and bowling were discussed for

the company retreat so again even if

you’re using kind of casual words to

list even if you’re listing kind of

casual examples you can still use the

words such as to introduce them it just

sounds a little bit more formal alright

finally then just as we saw with the

word like we can

so use such as to ask for examples and

this is with upward intonation so this

same rule can apply to the expression

such as so for example I have so many

ideas for the weekend

such as we can use the same upward

intonation to ask someone for an example

it’s just going to sound a little bit

more polite if you choose such as

instead of like so that’s a basic

overview of some of the differences

between these three words or these three

expressions I hope that that was helpful

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