Never use like as the first word of a clause. Use instead as, as if, as though, or such as; thus,

She acts as I do. It seems as if (or as though) I ought to help her. She felt as if (or as though) she had done wrong. I want a dress such as she has.

The word like should be used as an adjective or an adverb and be followed by a noun or pronoun instead of by a clause. This noun or pronoun is used adverbially as an adjunct of the word like; thus,

She acts like me. She is like me.

Exercise 153

Fill blanks correctly.

1. Mary writes ----- he does.

2. Mary writes ----- him.

3. She makes apple butter ----- Mother does.

4. She makes apple butter ----- mother.

5. I felt ----- I needed rest.

6. I wish I had a pie ----- mother used to make.

7. Alice never behaved ----- her.

8. Do not find fault ----- they do.

9. Do not find fault ------ them.

10. You talked ------ you were frightened.

11. It seemed ------ she would never learn to be helpful.

12. She felt ------ she were forgotten.

13. Plant the bulbs ------ the catalog advises.

14. She looks ------ him.

15. She feels ------ she oughtn't to go.

16. Mary wrote ------ she were discouraged.

17. It feels ------ we should have a storm.

18. It seems ------ I ought not to go.

Exercise 154. Review Of Chapters XVII And XVIII

Select the essential parts of the main propositions, and describe all clauses.

1. Robin Hood placed Little John at his right hand, for he was henceforth to be second in the band.

2. As they shot, not a word was spoken.

3. We covet the things that we cannot have; but we are happier when we love the things that are close at hand.

4. Though we had a late spring, crops are well advanced for the season.

5. More heroic is the smile that robs pain of its groan than is the defiant hurrah of a charging column.

6. Talk is quite as important as poetry or science or art.

7. Give me food, that I may go forward and finish my work.

8. He did as he had seen others do.

9. He is a miller, for his clothes are dusty with flour.

10. They went where they could talk undisturbed.

11. If I err not, thou art the famous Robin Hood.

12. So deep was the silence that you could hear the whizzing of the arrows.

13. The people flocked to the butts where the shooting was to be.

14. After they had rested a short time, these ten men stepped forward to shoot again.

15. All the people laughed as they saw a yellow patch that showed beneath his arm when he raised his elbow to shoot.

16. They plunged into the forest once more, through which they traced their steps till they reached the spot where they dwelt.

17. Before you buy an automobile, if you are a careful buyer, you will first investigate the record of the car that you are considering.

18. Ten flowers against a background are more effective than a hundred in the open yard.