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Hi, everybody.

My name is Alicia.

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 thes 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 MME.

Or 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 will talk about a little bit later, Um, make sure to think about the part of the sentence that comes after the word.

So after you're like er, as does it use a noun phrase on Lee?

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, 1st 1 my friend eats like a pig.

So here I have the word, like making the comparison between my friend and a pig.

So here, ah, pig follows the word light.

It's a simple now, so I know that like is correct because, like should be used before a simple mount or simple known phrase.

Let's look at another example.

She sleeps like a baby.

Here we see the same pattern.

A simple now baby follows the word like, So I know that, like is the correct choice here last, they 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 known 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 a person A says I have so many ideas for the weekend and be says light.

So here the difference is that I'm using an upward intonation.

Like to ask for an example.

So person, eh introduced maybe some ideas, some activities to do for the weekend.

Be would like to hear some of the ideas, so be 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 and noun or a noun phrase, so there's no verb that follows the word like with as, 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 is just kind of an emphasis were 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 the 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's not a baby, but I'm comparing and 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, uh, it's very common.

It's very natural to make mistakes with ease, 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, as I remember like 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 overtime.

Who knows?

Anyway, let's continue on to the last point for today.

The expression, such as such as so, such as is this is a set phrase.

These two words are always together in this case, Um, 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 it 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 air with the expression such as so, such as is introducing those in a more formal way.

Therefore, we can use it again, uh, 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, thio list.

Even if you're listing kind of casual examples, you can still use the word such as to introduce them.

It just sounds a little bit more formal.

Direct.

Finally, then Justus, we saw with the word like we can also 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.

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