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Anonymous

#473651 Thu, 07 Feb 08 02:52 AM

Hi,

Last time I checked, if I am not mistaken, the word 'like' is a preposition and it is my understanding that a preposition is followed by a noun or pronoun. Having said that, could you consider the underlined part as one of those--that is a noun?

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Yankee

#473677 Thu, 07 Feb 08 03:51 AM

The word 'you' is a pronoun.

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Anonymous

#473693 Thu, 07 Feb 08 04:20 AM

Thank you, Yankee for your response.

If 'you' is a pronoun, what is 'do' there? Thank you. To me, the underlined part doesn't look to be a 'stand-alone' pronoun

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CalifJim

#473717 Thu, 07 Feb 08 05:27 AM

the word 'like' is a preposition

But not exclusively a preposition.

Look it up at www.m-w.com and you will notice that like is a noun, an adjective, a verb, an adverb, a preposition, and a conjunction.

Your example shows the conjunctive use. See the usage note for like (conjunction) at the website mentioned above.

CJ

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