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Discover LudwigThe phrase "like it were" is not grammatically correct or commonly used in written English.
It should be replaced with "as if it were" or "like it was/were." Example: "She spoke about the past like it were still relevant today." Revised: "She spoke about the past as if it were still relevant today."
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Secret of Mana and the games like it were products of the culture we lived in.
The dealer said two others like it were in a home once owned by Coco Chanel.
"It's high time Yarl's Wood and places like it were closed.
That magazine and others like it were the situation comedies and cop shows of their era.
I'm going to do it just like it were any other case — he's a man, right?
But on Tuesday, the sign and another one like it were dismantled and taken to the local Police Department.
That investment and others like it were the subject of a Senate investigation that also exposed Goldman to withering criticism.
That, he said, may be why the subgroup survived for so long: species like it were better able to adapt.
As the city's economy rebounded, 421-a and programs like it were coming under criticism as giveaways to developers.
It is a remnant of the days when places like it were found all over the neighborhood.
A quick defeat could have convinced the public that his case and others like it were bound for defeat, and undermined the larger challenge in Florida.
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