Is the following sentence grammatically correct?(regarding the idiomatic use of the word “like” )
I didn't drop out, like some of my fellow drop-outer like Bill Gates or //Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs, because my time is best spent starting some world-class technology company; I dropped out because...
It "sounds" right to me, and upon careful examination I can't see why it shouldn't be, but it feels very informal and awkward, and I am writing an application that requires me to be a little bit more "sophisticated". I would really really appreciate some native speakers to help me out here. Is the above sentence grammatically correct? Is there a way to make it more "formal", without changing the gist of what I am trying to say?. Huge thanks in advance.
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I didn't drop out, like some of my fellow drop-outer like Bill Gates or //Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs, because my time is best spent starting some world-class technology company; I dropped out because...
It "sounds" right to me, and upon careful examination I can't see why it shouldn't be, but it feels very informal and awkward, and I am writing an application that requires me to be a little bit more "sophisticated". I would really really appreciate some native speakers to help me out here. Is the above sentence grammatically correct? Is there a way to make it more "formal", without changing the gist of what I am trying to say?. Huge thanks in advance.
grammar phrase-usage as-like
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I didn't drop out, like some of my fellow drop-outer like Bill Gates or //Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs, because my time is best spent starting some world-class technology company; I dropped out because...
It "sounds" right to me, and upon careful examination I can't see why it shouldn't be, but it feels very informal and awkward, and I am writing an application that requires me to be a little bit more "sophisticated". I would really really appreciate some native speakers to help me out here. Is the above sentence grammatically correct? Is there a way to make it more "formal", without changing the gist of what I am trying to say?. Huge thanks in advance.
grammar phrase-usage as-like
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I didn't drop out, like some of my fellow drop-outer like Bill Gates or //Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs, because my time is best spent starting some world-class technology company; I dropped out because...
It "sounds" right to me, and upon careful examination I can't see why it shouldn't be, but it feels very informal and awkward, and I am writing an application that requires me to be a little bit more "sophisticated". I would really really appreciate some native speakers to help me out here. Is the above sentence grammatically correct? Is there a way to make it more "formal", without changing the gist of what I am trying to say?. Huge thanks in advance.
grammar phrase-usage as-like
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