What are the uses of like?

First of all, the formal usage of like

1, describing preferences.

This is the most common meaning of like. As long as anyone who has studied English knows, like is used to describe preferences when verbs are used.

I prefer English to math. I prefer math to English. ); I like studying at home. I like studying at home. )。

2. for comparison

Like can also be used for comparison. You can compare two similar things or different things. That woman looks like my mother. That woman looks like my mother. ); These two clothes are very similar. These two clothes look very similar.

3. Not like and as if.

Like and as are are basically synonyms. For example, technologies like smartphones and tablets are changing business. Technologies such as smartphones and tablets have changed business. ); Technologies such as smartphones and tablets are changing business. Technologies such as smartphones and tablets have changed business. )

Like can also be used instead of if to connect two clauses. They jump like exercise. They jumped up as if doing exercise. ); They danced as if they were doing sports. They are dancing, as if doing exercise. ) These usages are very common.

Second, the informal usage of like.

Like can be used to tell you that all you have to say is an estimate, or that you have to exaggerate. Why are you still studying? There are five minutes before the exam. Why are you still studying? There are only five minutes before the exam. ) The five minutes here may be just a rough estimate. The speaker's implication is that reading now is just a waste of time, because there is only such a short time left.

1, describe what you or others say and think.

Like can be used to describe what a person said earlier. In this case, the word say before like is replaced by the infinitive verb to be.

2. Describe what you thought but didn't do.

Like my boss said, he wants me to finish it. I thought, "Is this guy crazy?" My boss said that he wanted me to finish this project before Friday. I thought, is he crazy? In this conversation, B described his idea to A, but in fact he didn't say anything to the boss.

Third, when to use informal like?

Understand that because of extreme informality, the use of like is often considered negative or grammatically wrong. Their applicability varies with the age or context of the speaker. Unless you have studied English for a long time and spent a lot of time talking with native English speakers, using like in informal situations may make you feel or sound embarrassed.

There is a good way to judge whether to put a word or a word in a sentence. Don't use it. When you are exposed to enough popular English, you don't need to think about it at all, then speaking English is more like speaking your mother tongue.

English? 【la？ K] beautiful? 【la？ k]？

Like; Thinking; be willing

Intransitive verbs like; hope

Prepositions like; be just like

The same; similar

Hobbies; The same person or thing

perhaps

Conj。 seemingly

[Past tense like past participle like present participle]

phrase

What does it look like? Does it look like it?

How do you feel? Want; think