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I have seen the link posted above. In most of the cases, the analysis in the post is right. However, there are some exceptions.
The first may have nothing to do with GMAT. I just want to say, that in informal English, "like" is often used as a conjunction to replace "as" in sentences. The most famous use of "like" as a conjunction was in the 1950s slogan for Winston Cigarettes: "Winston tastes good, like a cigarette should." Such usage was also used by Churchill in informal speech: "We are overrun by them, like the Australians are by rabbits."
The second I need to add some comments to is:
Sometimes, "as" introduces a noun phrase with no following verb. When it does, it does not signify a qualitative comparison, but rather may:
a) indicate a role being played. "They fell on the supplies as men starving" means that they were actually starving men; in "They fell on the supplies like men starving", one is *comparing* them to starving men. "You're acting as a fool" might be appropriate if you obtained the job of court jester; "You're acting like a fool" expresses the more usual meaning.
b) introduce examples. ("Some animals, as the fox and the squirrel, have bushy tails.") "Such as" and "like" are more common in this use.
c) be short for "as ... as": "He's deaf as a post" means "He's as deaf as a post" (a quantitative comparison).
Question for everybody to think:
1) "like" may work as a conjunction in informal English.
2) "like" may work like a conjunction in informal English.
Are both of these sentences right?
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