http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353286Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353286Angliholic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353286http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-353286.xmlSriSri 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."http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353283Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:00:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353283SriSri1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353283http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-353283.xmlOur president has no legislative power, like his American counterpart, but he can make recommendations. Isn't it better?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353216Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:00:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353216Angliholic2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353216http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-353216.xmlThanks, khoff.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353208Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353208khoff3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htm#353208http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-353208.xmlI 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.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htmTue, 26 May 2009 04:00:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:353207Angliholic4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSameAs/vdpcp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-353207.xmlOur 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.