Talk:such like

counterpart: one person or thing that is regarded as similar or almost identical to another

This sequence is rather derivable from like in the meanings of Have you ever tasted the like of this cheesecake?, We won't see his like again in this decade. --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:25, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

That had never struck me (since it's more commonly seen as one word without the space), but yep, seems so. Equinox ◑ 11:27, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Using Such Like as preposition

Use it in a sentence: Items such like apple has a fructose. 112.201.8.170 01:26, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

That isn't proper English. Equinox ◑ 01:32, 29 September 2019 (UTC)

Agreed. It should be "Items such as apples have fructose" or, better, "Items such as apples contain fructose". —DIV (1.145.119.211 12:08, 7 December 2023 (UTC))

Such and such like

In the quotation given in the entry I'm not sure of the parsing of "Such and such like". How is it to be understood?

• {Such and such} like?

  = Things like {those sorts of things}

  Reference such and such.

• Such and {such like}?

  = That sort of thing and {things like that sort of thing}

I'm not convinced that the latter is the correct perspective. If it's not, then this quotation isn't an apt choice. —DIV (1.145.119.211 12:17, 7 December 2023 (UTC))

Later editions use the form “such-like”. J3133 (talk) 12:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)