in the same manner

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Hello,

Is this fine: he helped her in the same manner as he would have helped anyone else.

Is 'in the same manner as' okay here?

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It's OK, but replacing 'in the same manner as' with like is a lot shorter and more colloquial.

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Rover_KE said:
It's OK, but replacing 'in the same manner as' with like is a lot shorter and more colloquial.

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How about just 'as'?
 
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