As i like su veznici i predlozi. Predlozi as i like imaju različita značenja. As + imenica znači „kao (in the role of) dok like + imenica znači nalik ili poput.
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As your mother, I’ll help you as much as I can. = Osoba koja ovo kazuje je majka osobe kojoj kazuje.
Like your mother, I’ll help you as much as I can. = Osoba koja ovo kazuje nije majka toj osobi, ali želi da se ophodi na sličan način kao i majka.
Pravilna upotreba AS i LIKE
Koristimo like (ali ne as) da bismo uporedili dve stvari.
Peter’s got a T-shirt like me. Ne koristimo: Peter’s got a T-shirt as me.
Kada upoređujemo izgled ili ponašanje, koristimo like, a ne as:
That tree looks like a triangle. Ne: That tree looks as a triangle.
As često koristimo kada govorimo o zanimanjima.
She worked for a long time as a waitress in New York. Ne: She worked for a long time like a waitress in New York.
Veznici as i like imaju isto značenje kada se koriste u poređenju.
Nobody understands him as I do.
Nobody understands him like I do.