Like와 as

like는 "~과 비슷한 (similar to, the same as)"의 의미로 사용됩니다:

• What a beautiful house! It's like a palace. (not as a palace)

• "What does Sandra do?" "She's a teacher, like me." (not as me)

• Be careful! The floor has been polished. It's like walking on ice. (not as walking)

• We heard a noise like a baby crying. (not as a baby crying)

위 예문에서 like는 전치사입니다. 그래서 명사, 대명사 또는 -ing 다음에 옵니다. 이와 같은 문장에서는 as를 사용할 수 없습니다.

경우에 따라 like는 "예를 들면 (for example)"의 의미로 사용됩니다. 이 때에는 such as를 사용해도 됩니다:

• Some sports, like race-car driving, can be dangerous. or Some sports, such as race-car driving, can be dangerous.

as가 "in the same way"와 같은 의미로 사용되면 다음에 "주어 + 동사"가 옵니다:

• I didn't move anything. I left everything as I found it. (= the way I found it)

• You should have done it as I showed you. (= the way I showed you)

비공식적인 발언에서 같은 의미로 like를 사용할 수 있습니다:

• I left everything like I found it.

like와 as의 비교:

• You should have done it like this. (not as this)

• You should have done it as I showed you or ... like I showed you.

as usual / as always:

• You're late as usual.

경우에 따라 do/did 다음에 사용된 as (주어 + 동사)는 전혀 다른 의미를 가집니다:

• Please do as I say. (= do what I say)

• They did as they promised. (= they did what they promised)

as you know / as I was saying / as she expected / as I thought 등:

• As you know, it's Tom's birthday next week. (= you know it's his birthday)

• Ann failed her driving test, as she expected. (= she expected this)

like I was saying / like I said와 같은 표현을 사용할 수는 있으나, 일반적으로 like은 다른 표현(as you know 등)에서는 사용하지 않습니다.

as는 전치사가 될 수 있습니다. 그러나 의미는 like와 다릅니다. 비교해 보세요.

전치사로서의 as는 "in the position of, in the form of"와 같은 의미로 사용됩니다:

• • A few years ago I worked as a bus driver. (not like a bus driver)

  • We've got a garage, but we don't have a car, so we use the garage as a workshop.

  • Many English words (for example, "work" and "rain") can be used as verbs or nouns.

  • New York is all right as a place to visit, but I wouldn't like to live there.

  • The news of her death came as a great shock.