Judith Martin writes that the answering machine is to the contemporary middle-class household just the same as butlers had been to the rich in earlier times: it is the gatekeeper that screens welcome visitors from unwanted intruders on the privacy of the family.
a) just the same as butlers had been
b) just like a butler was
c) as has been a butler
d) what the butler was
e) what the butler is
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Mani_mba
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B is wrong for the below reasons:
"Like" is always used to compare nouns.
"As" is used to compare actions
I see a few people start a conversation with "Like I said....." which is incorrect. Bcoz, the comparison is with what the person said(An action) and not the person himself. So it should be "As i said.....".
"Like" is always used to compare nouns.
"As" is used to compare actions
I see a few people start a conversation with "Like I said....." which is incorrect. Bcoz, the comparison is with what the person said(An action) and not the person himself. So it should be "As i said.....".
