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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked like" is not standard in written English and may be considered incorrect.
It could be used in informal contexts to indicate a manner of questioning, but it is not widely accepted.
Example: "She asked like she already knew the answer."
Alternatives: "inquired as if" or "questioned in a way that".
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Write down some questions that are likely to be asked, like " Why do you want this job?" and "What can you bring to this job?" and write down some responses that have examples of past jobs in with them.
"But I've never been asked like this".
He's back, Oscar asked, like forever?
"What have I done?" he asked, like all the others.
"We were shocked to be asked like that," Saxer said in a telephone interview.
"So," a reporter asked, "like a handshake?" "Yes, that type of thing," the official replied.
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Community activists who oppose the 23-story tower, on East 68th Street between York and First Avenues, gathered nearby at the First Hungarian Reformed Church last Tuesday night and asked like-minded neighbors for a show of faith.
Blue, he says when someone asks, like a jay's.
"Would you care for some informal processing?" Dodd asks, like a waiter offering cream and sugar.
I guess I'm just asking, like what's the meat of this activity?
Can I ask, like who supports you?
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