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Like

Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:03 pm
by Perry Lassiter
I found this article this morning that the both defends and eschews the use of the word "like."
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1154 ... -hes-wrong

Re: Like

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:14 pm
by Slava
After re-reading the piece, I realize now one of the major problems with "like". When transcribed, it is not done properly.
"Like" requires, in writing, a comma and quotation marks.

"She was like are you for real?" and "She was like, 'Are you for real?'" are very different.

If written this way, it makes much more sense. Spoken, however, the listener must apply these bits as deemed appropriate. So, I'd say "like" is difficult and best avoided in speech.