Angliholic  +  353207 Fri, 20 Apr 07 04:38 AM Our president, the same as the president of the U.S.A., has no legislative power, but he can make recommendations. Does the same as sound right here? Do I have to change it into similar to? Thanks. Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,474 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	khoff  +  353208 Fri, 20 Apr 07 04:41 AM I would just say "like the president of the U.S.A." ("The same as" made me think at first that your president was the same person as the American president.) khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,264 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	SriSri  +  353283 Fri, 20 Apr 07 06:48 AM Our president has no legislative power, like his American counterpart, but he can make recommendations. Isn't it better? SriSri Joined on Tue, Apr 17 2007 Bangalore, India New Member 15 SriSri

	Angliholic  +  353286 Fri, 20 Apr 07 06:56 AM  SriSri wrote: Our president has no legislative power, like his American counterpart, but he can make recommendations. Isn't it better? Yes, it's better, but I'd prefer "Our president, like his American counterpart, has no legislative power, but he can make recommendations." Angliholic