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Appendiks
As: in the capacity or character of; indicating identity, also assumed identity; when,
while
Like: in the manner of; indicating one or more common features
He spoke to me as my father (he actually was my dad)
He spoke to me like my father used to do
He cried (a lot) as a child (but now he has grown up)
He cried like a child (when I told him the news)
Synchronous motors start and accelerate as induction motors using a cage winding on the
rotor as the shortcircuited secondary (Jordan 83)
[actually connected as an induction motor during starting]
Synchronous motors start and accelerate like induction motors using a cage winding ...
Why is he dressed as Napoleon? (Why did he want to be Napoleon at the fancy-dress party?)
Why is he dressed like Napoleon? (Why is he always wearing that funny hat and coat?)
(native speaker: not much difference between 'as' and 'like' here, the sentence with 'like' is
ambiguous)
He was dressed as a woman (transvestism)
He was dressed like a woman (his shirt is a bit fancy)
(comment as above)
The crosshead is serving as/designed as a piston compressing the cooled air
The crosshead is shaped like a piston (the outer shape is that of a piston)
God created Man as Adam and Eve
Når as angiver noget tidsmæssigt, kan der være tale om stor grad af samtidighed:
As the paint film begins to form, these metallic ions mingle with the
coagulating paint and become trapped as the electro-endosmosis process
removes water from the film (Tank 91)
Amerikaner i dokumentarudsendelse om fellow Americans:
”I think of them as classic Americans: bodies without soul, bodies without
heart, bodies without pity”
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