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Discover LudwigThe phrase "speaks like a" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used as a simile to compare someone's speaking style or mannerisms to that of another individual or group. Example: She speaks like a politician, carefully choosing her words and always trying to portray a positive image.
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singing speaks like a mere mortal.
Now Mr. Espinoza speaks like a convert.
He now speaks like a sleep evangelist.
He speaks like a good coach or an elder brother.
"He speaks like a regular person," Castillo says.
Mr. Lemus speaks like a native New Yorker.
When he is speaking to Marines, he speaks like a Marine.
But the baby looks and speaks like a 70-year-old man.
He speaks like a dancer moving, leaving spaces where the viewer can enter his or her thoughts.
When Andrew M. Cuomo is asked whether he speaks like a New Yorker, he likes to shake his head.
"He's low-key; he speaks like a professor," said Jim Sayer, 51, a farmer from Humboldt.
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