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Answer by Fryie for "Like" in English (and perhaps other languages)

Before answering this question one must agree upon a definition of parts of speech.I will assume that we define POS not semantically (which would give rise to an almost infinite number of categories),...

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Answer by acattle for "Like" in English (and perhaps other languages)

In Answer to #2, Korean has two forms which could conceivably be translated as the English "like" or "as".The first is 처럼 (cherem), a particle, and 비슷하다 (pisuthata), an adjective.비슷하다 (pisuthata) can...

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"Like" in English (and perhaps other languages)

How is English "like"— as in "you look like a monkey"— generally analyzed these days? I can think of two ways to go here. I'm tempted to call it either a preposition, or some sort of funny adverb that...

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