In last Saturday's lesson I suggested that you write a sentence using the word 'alike'. I gave you a model sentence, so you only needed to follow the 'pattern' of that sentence. Let's look at some examples.
1. Model sentence:
Video cameras make cities safer for inhabitants and visitors alike.
2. New sentence following exactly the same pattern:
Teaching assistants make lessons easier for students and teachers alike.
3. New sentence with the same basic pattern:
The school website can be used by students, teachers and parents alike.
Can you see how I used exactly the same sentence pattern in number 2, and that I made a few changes in number 3?
CCTV camera can be used to monitor lake's surroundings and waterbodies alike.
Posted by: sujit | October 14, 2017 at 13:00
Passive form
Posted by: Ngan | October 15, 2017 at 07:31
1. (adv) alike here means equally.
2. (adj) alike here means similar. ?
3. Alike means " in a very similar way. "
Am I right ?
(I based on Oxford dictionary's meaning )
Posted by: Ngan | October 15, 2017 at 07:38
As for the third sentence, you mentioned three groups of people instead of two groups, but I really don't know whether "alike" means "equally" or " in the same way" here.
Hope that you can explain it fully.
Thank you so much, teacher Simon.
Posted by: Phong | October 15, 2017 at 09:14
FROM SIMON:
In the first two sentences, using "alike" is similar to using the word "both" e.g. "Video cameras make cities safer for BOTH inhabitants and visitors."
The meaning of "alike" in the third sentence is exactly the same, but we can't substitute it with "both" in this case, because there are 3 items instead of 2 (only use "both" when talking about 2 things, not more).
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The first two sentences are identical in structure:
plural noun + make + plural noun + adjective + for + two nouns + alike
Sentence 3 is different:
singular noun + can + passive verb + by + three nouns + alike
Posted by: Simon | October 15, 2017 at 10:11
Can I replace alike with "as well" ?
Which one is better "as well" or " alike"?
Posted by: Dona | October 15, 2017 at 13:33
FROM SIMON:
Please note that I rarely use the word "alike", and we can simply delete it from the end of all 3 sentences in the lesson above.
It feels like I'm saying too much about this one word, expecially as I don't use it very often and it isn't really necessary anyway!
However, I only really used "alike" to illustrate a more useful point about sentence patterns. I hope you've taken this point from my lesson.
No more lessons about "alike", I promise!
Posted by: Simon | October 17, 2017 at 15:08
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Posted by: Kanji | October 18, 2017 at 03:14
Definitely, we focus too much on just one word. Nobody understands your intention till you say that it's enough now.
Thank you very much, teacher Simon!
Posted by: Phong | October 20, 2017 at 07:24