"like" vs "as if"
Jun. 11th, 2008 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dcseainHe looked like he was happy.
He looked as if he were happy.
Are 'like' and 'as if', as used above, synonyms?
Discuss, and please provide your native, or first-learned, dialect of English.
He looked as if he were happy.
Are 'like' and 'as if', as used above, synonyms?
Discuss, and please provide your native, or first-learned, dialect of English.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2008-06-12 02:12 pm (UTC)