{"id":305,"count":1,"description":"In the English language, the word like has a very flexible range of uses, ranging from conventional to non-standard. It can be used as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, particle, conjunction, hedge, interjection, and quotative.\nLike is one of the words in the English language that can introduce a simile (a stylistic device comparing two dissimilar ideas) as in, \"He plays like Okocha\". It can also be used in non-simile comparisons such as, \"He has a toy like hers\".\nLike is often used in place of the subordinating conjunction as, or as if. Examples:\nMany people became aware of the two options in 1954, when a famous ad campaign for Winston cigarettes introduced the slogan \"Winston tastes good \u2014 like a cigarette should.\" The slogan was criticized for its usage by prescriptivists, the \"as\" or \"as if\" construction being considered more proper. Winston countered with another ad, featuring a woman with greying hair in a bun who insists that ought to be \"Winston tastes good as a...","link":"https:\/\/www.visualbeatz.de\/?tag=like","name":"Like","slug":"like","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visualbeatz.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visualbeatz.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visualbeatz.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visualbeatz.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts&tags=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}