"like, as, as if, as though Like is a preposition and introduces a prepositional phrase. As, as if, and as though usually function as subordinating conjunctions and introduce dependent clauses. In college and business writing, do not use like as a subordinating conjunction. The sky looks as if [not like] the end of the world is near."
Edward A. Dornan and Charles Dawe, The Brief English Handbook Third Edition (USA: HarperCollins Publishers, 1990), 459.
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