As vs like

As  - conjunction
Like - preposition


Bob acted like my brother.
Bob acted as I would expect my brother to behave. 
As I was saying...
As grandma used to make them
As in America

Always in past subjunctive:
It seemed as if he were running out of puff.
My neighbour yelled as though he had seen a banshee.

National regulatory authorities like (such as) Ofcom and Arcep

Source: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/like-versus-as
http://www.economist.com/style-guide/like-unlike 
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/as-or-like 
http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Like_vs_As.htm

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use like when no verb follows

use like when no verb follows

use like when no verb follows

Key

Do not use as a free-standing adjective (The choice of running-mate is key)


Source: http://www.economist.com/style-guide/key

billion

10^9=billion (bn)
Milliard never used.
Before 1974, in UK English billion was 10^12 and 10^9 was "thousand million" and
more rarely “milliard”.
"Milliard” remains in other European languages, e.g. Spanish millardo, German milliarde.
Source: http://blog.harwardcommunications.com/2013/05/21/the-difference-between-milliard-and-billion/

to tackle

to tackle the problem/ the issue

traiter le problème/ la question
lutter contre le problème
adresser la problématique

to cope with

to deal successfully with or handle a situation; manage:
she coped well with the problem 

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cope+with

It is I who am right

Source:
http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/it-is-i-me-who-determine-s-how-they-treat-me.494242/
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/155988-is-the-form-it-s-me-who-am-right-wrong-or-right
http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/154523-WHO

Citation

Expressing opinion

To argue, allege, assert, assess, be convinced, believe, consider, feel, hold, judge, maintain, opine, suggest, think + that/as

To criticise

Assertion, assessment, belief, conviction, judgment, opinion, position, suggestion, view

To hold opinion

is of the opinion that

according to

as far as … is concerned

Expressing facts

Confirm, demonstrate, establish, identify, indicate, make clear, note, observe, point out, prove, show.

Neutral

Conclude, emphasise, mention, say, state, stress and write.

Source: https://guinlist.wordpress.com/2015/06/15/107-the-language-of-opinions/

whose

“Whose” can refer to an inanimate object.
  a word whose meaning escapes me

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whose

scheme

/skiːm/

In figure

Figures, as graphical elements, use the same terminology as other graphical items: in a painting, in a photograph, in your web browser.

Months

to pursue objectives

to pursue goals

to accomplish goals
to achieve goals/objectives

to harm competition

to harm competition
to undermine competition
to have adverse effect on competition
to have detrimental effect on competition

Dormant

1. lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.

2. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance:
The project is dormant for the time being.
lay largely dormant until the 1980s
3. Biology. in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation ofgrowth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of anorganism's normal annual rhythm.

4. undisclosed; unasserted:
dormant musical talent.

5. (of a volcano) not erupting.



http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/dormant

To be done

Subjet-verb agreement: both, majority,...

M-dash and N-dash

Gerund and infinitive: allow

Connectors: therefore, thus,... allow, lead, result,... impact, affect...however, nevertherless,

Hyphen: long-term contract

Plural or singular: content

Hyphen

Either/or, neither/nor

Punctuation

Use no comma when the parallel segments are in the same clause. However it is often acceptable to insert a comma before the second conjunction either to create a natural-sounding pause, or to prevent confusion.

It was either really stupid or really brave.

Use a comma when the two parallel phrases are in separate clauses:

Either you should come to visit us, or we should go to see you.

Subject-verb agreement

When subjects are joined by either/or or neither/nor, the verb agrees with the closer subject:

Either you or your friends are responsible for this

Neither John's friends nor John is interested in buying your car.

Word order

Independent clauses introduced by neither and nor both require inversion:

Neither does he understand the problem, nor does he care what happens.


Sources:
http://grammarist.com/grammar/conjunctions/
http://ericsquire.com/grammar/cnctors3.htm

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