AUE: FAQ excerpt: "like" vs "as" - AUE: The alt.usage.english Home Page
[This is a fast-access FAQ excerpt.] For making comparisons (i.e., asserting that one thing is similar to another), the prescribed choices are: 1. A is like B. 2. A behaves like B. 3. A behaves as B does. 4. A behaves as in an earlier situation. In 1 and ...