求大神讲解关于“as with”和“like”的之间的区别

liuyongxue

针对你举的这个例句，As with other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music.的说法，个人觉得不算错。
但是确实有这么一个题目里面的选项C是不对的，原题大概是这样子：
Similar to other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with a mixture of chants, fiddle tunes, and religious music and only gradually evolved into the blues.
A
Similar to other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition beginning with
B
Similar to that of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from an oral tradition that began with
C
As with other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson made music that arose from an oral tradition beginning as
D
Like other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, Robert Johnson’s music arose from an oral tradition beginning with
E
Like the music of other early Mississippi Delta blues singers, the music of Robert Johnson arose from an oral tradition that began as
这里选项C不选的原因，是后面的beginning和后面的“only gradually evolved”部分不平行，而选项E是用的定语从句，began as和evolved是平行的。

目前我找到的资料，关于as with和like的区别都是语焉不详；有的地方说是as with是as is the case with的缩略，按照这个解释，那么更加说不清两者的区别了。
容我在搜集一下其他题目再说

Michelexx

我也不明白as with的用法， it can't be used to connect a noun and a noun phrase.不用来连接名词和名词短语？是啥意思呢？