comments on: sat writing: frequently confused words - 加拿大vs摩洛哥欧赔 //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/sat-writing-frequently-confused-words/ act, sat, college admissions, life mon, 05 mar 2018 01:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 by: magoosh test prep expert //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/sat-writing-frequently-confused-words/#comment-194946 tue, 16 aug 2016 11:17:58 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/hs/?p=7399#comment-194946 in reply to shahidor rahman.

hi shahidor,

happy to help! this is a tricky question. 🙂

like is used when one person, or one set of persons, or any one entity, is being compared to someone or something. alike is used when two or more persons or things are being compared to one another.

thus “is” can never be used with alike: it’s always “are.” consider this example: susan and peter are siblings. susan is a lot like peter. susan and peter are alike.

in the case of your example, we would have to say any of the following:

although different in appearance, the tangerine and the clementine are like one another in taste.
although different in appearance, the tangerine and the clementine are alike in taste.

i hope that helps! 🙂

]]> by: shahidor rahman //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/sat-writing-frequently-confused-words/#comment-194919 mon, 15 aug 2016 14:57:57 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/hs/?p=7399#comment-194919 another pair of words i find confusing is “like and alike”.
please help with the following sentence:
although different in appearance, the tangerine and the clementine
are like/alike each other in taste.
should i pick alike or like?
thank you very much.

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