Kata alike dapat berfungsi sebagai adjective dan adverb.
a. ALIKE sebagai adjective
Sebagai adjective, alike pada umumnya digunakan untuk menerangkan noun atau pronoun yang posisinya sebagai subject kalimat.
| Subject + linking verb + ALIKE |
Contoh:
- Your experience and mine are alike. (Pengalamanmu dan pengalamanku mirip).
- Do Luna Maya and the one in the video look alike? (Apakah Luna Maya dan orang yang di video itu tampak mirip?).
- For me, red wine and white wine taste alike. (Bagiku, anggur merah dan anggur putih rasanya mirip).
NOTE: Pola alike + noun sangat jarang digunakan.
b. ALIKE sebagai adverb.
Sebagai adverb, alike menerangkan non-linking verb.
| Subject + linking verb + ALIKE |
Dalam hal ini, alike = similarly atau equally.
Contoh:
- Parents should treat their children alike. (Orang tua seharusnya memperlakukan anak-anaknya serupa/dengan adil).
- Becauase Rini and Rene are twins, they walk and talk alike. (Karena Rini dan Rene kembar, mereka berjalan dan berbicara dengan cara yang mirip).
- The two criminals were sentenced alike. (Kedua penjahat ini dijatuhi hukuman yang sama).
1. Distinguish Like, Alike, and Unlike
± Like, alike and unlike are easily confused because they look so similar and they have many different uses.
± There are several structures with like, alike and unlike that we should be familiar with.
± The adjective alike and like (see Skill 50 )
Example :
ü John and Tom are alike.
(Alike as a predicate adjective means similar, describing John and Tom )
ü John and Tom worked in a like manner.
( Like as adjective form means similar )
± The prepositions like and unlike, which have apposite meanings must be followed by objects.
Example :
Ø John is ( like Tom )
( Like as preposition means Tom and John are similar )
Ø John is (unlike Tom. )
( Unlike as preposition means Tom and John are not similar )
± The preposition like and unlike can also be used at the beginning of a sentence
Example :
(Like Tom), John is tall.
( Like as a preposition means that Tom is tall. )
Ø Unlike Tom, John is tall
(Unlike as preposition means that Tom is not tall )
The following chart outlines the structures and meanings of sentences with like, alike and unlike :
| | like , alike, and unlike | ||
| Grammar | Meaning | Use | |
| like alike | adjective adjective | similar similar | ü As an adjective, like is used before a noun ü As an adjective, alike is used after linking verb |
| like unlike | preposition preposition | similar different | ü Both prepositions are followed by objects. ü They can both be used in many positions, including at the beginning of the sentence. |
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