[Ads-l] like = 'as is the case with; as with''

Laurence Horn laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Wed Apr 13 20:19:20 UTC 2016


This strikes me as more a case of lax syntax (maybe a blend of "Like all blood thinners, Xarelto should not be taken..." and "As with all blood thinners, don't take Xarelto...") than a new sense of "like" to be incorporated into a lexical entry.

LH


> On Apr 13, 2016, at 2:40 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I don't see this in OED.
> 
> TV commercial:
> 
> "Like all blood thinners, don't stop taking Xarelto without talking to your
> doctor."
> 
> JL
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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