{"id":4078,"date":"2022-12-29T18:34:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","slug":"difference-like-vs-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/difference-like-vs-as","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLike\u201d vs. \u201cAs\u201d: When to use which"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\"> If you have a hard time remembering when to use the word \u201clike\u201d versus \u201cas,\u201d it\u2019s probably due to not understanding how these two words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/grammar-101\">function grammatically<\/a>. Often, \u201clike\u201d and \u201cas\u201d are used interchangeably, which is incorrect. \u201cLike\u201d should be used as a preposition that communicates something about the noun in the sentence, whereas \u201cas\u201d should be used as a conjunction that joins two clauses. Although \u201clike\u201d and \u201cas\u201d can both be used to communicate similarity or that something is being done in the same way, the way that they\u2019re used in a sentence is requires different treatment.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\"><picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/071-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/071-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/071-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/071-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\" \"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often, \u201clike\u201d and \u201cas\u201d are used interchangeably, which is incorrect. \u201cLike\u201d should be used as a preposition that communicates something about the noun in the sentence, whereas \u201cas\u201d should be used as a conjunction that joins two clauses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-4078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Like vs. As: When to Use Which \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how to use \u201clike\u201d versus \u201cas\u201d the proper way in your writing. 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