synonym for the word like

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi All,

Here is a sentence that is grammatically correct (I hope) and I’d like to know whether I could replace the word like with other words e.g.

  • if you feel like it
  • if you’ve an intention of doing so
  • if you’re inclined to do so
  • if you have a mind to it

Your password was changed and it works but you can changed anytime you [color=red]like.

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Hi Attila

I would reword your sentence this way:

Your password was changed, but you can change it again anytime you like.

You could replace the word “like” with phrases such as these:

  • are so inclined.
  • want.
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Hi, Amy

Does if you’ve an intention of doing so sound natural to you?

I can think of this one if you’ve intention to do so. (i.e. without an article and with the infinitive) Is it right ?

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Hi LS

First of all, I would never contract ‘have’ when it is the only verb in a clause or sentence.

No, I would not omit the article. I’d also say that ‘the’ would be more likely than ‘an’: if you have the intention of doing so
However, I don’t see that clause as a good alternative/option in Attila’s sentence.
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Hi, Amy

Thank you for your comment, I think I hear you.

But what about intention of doing v.s. intention to do? Which is correct? If both are ok, which would you prefer?

(I got confused because I’d carried out a search on them via Google and the ratio of the hits is roughly 500,000/1,350,000)

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Hi LS

I guess “intention of doing” might tend to be used in a less general and more personal way – for a personal plan, for example. So I suppose that’s why I don’t like using the word “an”. It doesn’t seem specific enough. Also, “doing” seems more like an activity and “to do” seems like a complete act.

I would accept both “an intention to do” and “the intention to do”.
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Hi, Amy

Thank you, I appreciate your input on this :slight_smile:

(Those articles have always been a pain in my neck :frowning: )

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I’d go with one of the following:

  • if you intend to do so
  • if your intention is to do so
  • if you are intent on doing so
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Do you like those endings on Attila’s sentence, Tom? (i.e. as a replacement for “anytime you like”?) or were your examples intended to be more general?
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To my ears, “anytime you like” is fine.

I say “ears” because I sat here mumbling it for a few seconds. I hope that nobody heard me – I’ve got earbuds on, after all, so I probably had to talk a bit more loudly than normal to (be able to) hear myself.

So maybe I was half-yelling, rather than mumbling.

hehe

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Well, I couldn’t hear you up here. :lol:

I didn’t have a problem with ‘anytime you like’ either. That’s actually why I was asking, though. I didn’t think the “intend/intention/intent” clauses worked very well as alternative endings for Attila’s particular sentence. In other words, they would be great in many sentences, but not terribly good in Attila’s. So I thought your post might have been more general.
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