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alc24  +  957250 Fri, 30 Oct 09 03:12 PM
Could you help me with this please?


1 You can book for one night just as you can book for one month. You can rent both on a monthly and daily basis.

2 Girls can like girls just like guys can like guys. It's no mystery.


3 He can do tv shows just as he can do movies/just like he can do movies.


Some have told me its :  He can do tv shows just as well as he can do movies. 


can you leave out the WELL. becuase in the first 2 setneces you can right?


thank you

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Philip  +  957267 Fri, 30 Oct 09 03:27 PM
alc24
“Could you help me with this please?

 


1 You can book for one night just as you can book for one month. You can rent both on a monthly and daily basis.

2 Girls can like girls just like guys can like guys. It's no mystery.


3 He can do tv shows just as he can do movies/just like he can do movies.


Some have told me its :  He can do tv shows just as well as he can do movies. 


can you leave out the WELL. becuase in the first 2 setneces you can right?


thank you

 1.  You can rent both on a monthly basis and on a daily basis. / You can rent on both a monthly and a daily basis.  [I'm a stickler for parallel structure, and I think it's good to stick to it in casual as well as formal writing.

2.  I lean towards as.

3.  I agree with those who want well, because I think the intent is that he does both well.  If he just does both of them, but not not necessarily well, then leave that word out.

 

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Philip  +  958949 Sun, 01 Nov 09 02:34 PM
In the '50s, a popular panel show discussed the difference between like and as.  The former is to be used with adjectives, the latter with verbs.

He is tall, just like his father.

The kids all do housework, just as their parents.

 

The discussion centered around a cigarette commercial:  Winston tastes good like a cig-cig-cigarette should.

 

I have a strong feeling that the question is not even discussed in high school or college English classes today.

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