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The use of the word “like” here could be replaced with the word “so” “So if this is a crowdsourcing project…” Like is serving as an indication that someone el
by enlightens 2y ago
The use of the word “like” here could be replaced with the word “so”
“So if this is a crowdsourcing project…”
Like is serving as an indication that someone else approximately said the phrase it introduced, in a way often associated with the “Valley Girl” social dialect but regularly seen outside of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_colloquial_quotative https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_colloquial_quotative
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> The use of the word “like” here could be replaced with the word “so” Correct, but that's not a quotative use of the word. It's a discourse particle. You want to link one subsection down, like as a discourse particle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_discourse_particle,_filler_or_hedge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like#As_a_discourse_particle,_...