ABSTRACT
Butinothercaseslikeprecedesnon-numericalexpressions:
andcanbeusedincaseswherewhatthespeakerissaying
isobviouslyimprecise:
1975:319, Major 1970, Landy 1971, Wood and Hill 1979,
expressions?
above), but like in <1l-(34l does not carry the implication
Formostofexamples(1)-(34)itisreasonableto
claimthatlikeisanadverbmeaning'approximately'.
