1382: Like as a Conjunction Sep 23, 2018

In English, like is a preposition and conjunction having the same meaning as 'as', but this is not usual either for West Germanic languages or even English historically itself. The use of 'like' as a conjunction has been around since the 15th century, in the early days of Modern English. Still, many prescriptivists consider it to be incorrect. Even looking at 'as', it is still different to most West Germanic languages which use 'wie' or something similar. 'As' is related to words meaning 'similar' whereas 'wie' is also the word for 'how' wherein there is an implied "how (something) is".
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