as or like????

[ripley]

Hello, I' m here again!!
This time I need some help with the choice of like or as, used to make comparisons

Is it correct to say:
I feel like I'm flying or should I say I feel as I'm flying or I feel as I was flying or I feel as if I was flying???
Which one is correct? I mean I have the feeling I am flying

The Beatles say: free as a bird. Shouldn't they say free like a bird, since they are not really birds, but just free in the same way as a bird???
Thanks. Ripley

[Casiopea]

1. I feel like I'm flying.
=> I feel as though ~ as if I am/were flying.

2. Free as a bird :D
=> as free as a bird (comparative)

Originally Posted by Like versus As

The word like is a preposition, not a conjunction. It can, therefore, be used to introduce a prepositional phrase ("My brother is tall like my father"), but it should not be used to introduce a clause ("My brother can't play the piano like he did before". To introduce a clause, it's a good idea to use as, as though, or as if, instead.

EX: As I told you earlier, the lecture has been postponed.
EX: It looks as if it's going to snow this afternoon.
EX: Johnson kept looking out the window as though he had someone waiting for him.

In formal, academic text, it's a good idea to reserve the use of like for situations in which similarities are being pointed out:

EX: This community college is like a two-year liberal arts college.

However, when you are listing things that have similarities, such as is probably more suitable:

The college has several highly regarded neighbors, such as the Mark Twain House, St. Francis Hospital, the Connecticut Historical Society, and the UConn Law School.

Source

All the best, :D

[ripley]

Thanks a lot Casiopea,
moreover I presume that in sentences like "I feel like I'm flying" instead of "as I were flying" people may interpret that as "I'd like to fly" because of the verb "to feel like" Am I right?
All the best
Ripley

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by ripley

Thanks a lot Casiopea,
Moreover I presume that in a sentence such as, "I feel like I'm flying" (instead of "as I were flying") people may interpret that as "I'd like to fly" because of the verb "to feel like". Am I right?
All the best
Ripley

I feel like a hamburger. :D (I feel like eating a hamburger)
I feel like a hamburger.

All the best,

[Francois]

I feel like a man, today!

FRC

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by Francois

I feel like a man, today!

FRC

Where would you underline?

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by tdol

Where would you underline?

And the gold medal of replies goes to tdol!



:D :D

[blacknomi]

Originally Posted by tdol

Where would you underline?

I don't get it. Please explain, thanks.

[alexandre42]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

1. I feel like I'm flying.
=> I feel as though ~ as if I am/were flying.

2. Free as a bird :D
=> as free as a bird (comparative)

All the best, :D

Dear Teacher

What does 'The college has several highly regarded neighbors' mean ?

Thank

[Francois]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

And the gold medal of replies goes to tdol!



:D :D

Come on, this is my joke!
You still don't know me after all these months?

FRC