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Old 05-Oct-2003, 15:33
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Originally Posted by navi tasan
Thanks for all your replies Casiopea and RonBee.
I didn't think that "such as" worked well in these sentences either, but I just couldn't figure out why. It seems to work in:

"I'll never let another occasion such as this one go by."

doesn't it?

In any case, your sentences are definitely much better; "like" seems to be the word.
I agree with your analysis. Certainly, each sentence is different. (I wouldn't use like in the first one.)

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