hi welcome back to Ingrid calm I'm Adam
nice to be here again today we're going
to look at a comparisons and the reason
I want to do this is because I've
noticed that many people make a very
common mistake when they're talking
about comparisons so first there's two
types of comparisons two ways of
comparing okay and we're going to look
we're going to focus on one of them
we're going to focus on the difference
between like and ads but I also want to
look at this a little bit more than or
PR then as something as etc because I
want to make sure that you understand
that these are two different ways of
comparing okay so when we use more and
usually an adjective more adjective than
for example this car is more expensive
than that car or er this car is cheaper
than that car or as as this car is as
expensive as that car okay what we are
comparing indeed with these ones we're
comparing qualities okay speed height
weight cost shape and so on when we use
like and as we are comparing things to
things we are comparing actions to
actions okay the big thing the big
difference you have to pay attention to
is don't mix then with AZ or like okay
and don't mix mix this as as with this
as okay that's the main thing we want to
concentrate on so let's look at like and
ads what is the difference between these
two like is a preposition it is always
followed by a noun okay the flower is
blue like the sky okay we're talking
about comparing the two things as is
always followed by a clause as is a
conjunction followed by a clause if you
remember what is a clause yes it is a
group of words that must include a
subject and a verb okay so
subject and verb she treats me as I
would like to be treated okay we're
talking about the treatment how she
treats me how I want to be treated that
those are the two things were comparing
okay so before I give you some more
examples a very common expression
expression in English sorry I want you
to tell me which is the correct one do
as I say not as I do or do like I say
not like I do which of these is correct
okay if you guess the first one you're
right because it's as + subject + verb
plus a clause okay but before I continue
I want to say one thing to you and I
hope this makes you feel a little bit
better about yourself native English
speakers mix these two all the time so
if you're studying grammar and you're
listening to native English speakers and
you're trying to understand the
difference and they use this one
incorrectly many times don't worry about
it
many people use like when they should
use ads but they don't even realize it
it is so common that it's becoming
almost acceptable it's wrong but
acceptable anyway we're going to look at
a few more examples and then you'll
understand better the difference between
like and ads okay so here we have a few
more examples to really show you how the
differences work what between like and
ads and what you have to pay attention
to so first let's look at these examples
he looks like a Martian what am i
comparing here what am i comparing I'm
comparing he and Martian same look right
but I'm comparing two people and that's
why I'm using like okay he speaks like a
preacher if you're not really sure what
a preacher a preacher stands in the
church and says oh you should do this
and you should do that because well
probably God but hey it's after them he
speaks like a preacher so he and the
preacher are very similar
he speaks as a preacher does so here
remember subject and verb are the
sentences the same not exactly here
we're comparing him and a preacher here
we're comparing speaking styles the way
they speak okay
so because of the way he speaks him with
a preacher are very similar like but his
speaking this action and the preachers
action are very similar okay so because
he speaks as a preacher does he is like
the preacher the hope that makes sense
good she treats me like a dog so before
I said she treats me as I want to be
treated but sometimes she treats me like
a dog so what am i comparing I'm
comparing me and the dog were the same
we received the same treatment from her
okay now a little bit more formal and
sometimes you'll see this somebody says
oh I like it and you want to agree you
want to show compared your feeling as do
I so one thing you have to be careful
here the subject and verb have switched
order you have the verb first the
subject second this is quite acceptable
very formal if you're not sure how to
use it especially in writing don't use
it
somebody says who came to the party well
Linda came as did Tom and Jerry the cat
in the mouse sometimes so if you know
them but as did Tom and Jerry the verb
came first the subject came second very
formal otherwise if you don't want to do
it I like it
I do too easier know as or he speaks as
Kennedy used to so we're talking about a
Kennedy's grandson we saw him give a
speech to a large audience you say wow
he speaks as his father used to write
means in the same way the same approach
the same aura the same carriage okay so
that's one thing now sometimes you might
see as if or as though it basically
means you're comparing an unreal
situation right
she is shopping as if there were no
tomorrow
so a you have the if with the word the
subjunctive that's a whole other lesson
you keep that in mind but as if there
were no two more you have a full clause
after the as if so it's sort of like
like but it's such an unreal situation
and we're talking about an action that
we use as if okay
again there's no there's no real clause
here because of the inversion but just
remember it's an unreal situation but
having said that most native speakers
will not say this most or I don't know
most but many native speakers will say
she is shopping like there is no
tomorrow what does it mean tomorrow
everybody's going to die so she wants to
get as much things today as she can it's
a very common expression most people
understand this expression as like like
is incorrect but acceptable one last
thing I want to mention a whole
different use of as and like as your
boss because I want you to understand
this so there's no confusion as here
means in I'm sorry and the position of
so here as is not a comparison is a
preposition telling you I'm in this
position so as your boss I am your boss
I have the power to forbid you from
using Facebook at work but if you say
like your boss then you're comparing
then as you're showing a similarity like
your boss so your boss thinks this I
agree
I think so too so like your boss I
forbid you from using Facebook at work
maybe I'm the assistant boss he is the
president I'm the vice president like
him means I agree with him we are
similar you can't use Facebook at work
and if you do use Facebook at work could
be careful a lot of bosses think like
this
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