One: Have you made many friends the same way you knew me?
Two: Have you made many friends by the same way you knew me?
2006-07-12 00:32:02 · 8 answers · asked by donotmisstony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Neither...you'd have to say "Have you made many friends the way you did me?" That's not *great*, but it's grammatical. And it would tend to be misinterpreted unless you were *very* careful to put *no* stress on the word "did". The phrase "do someone" usually implies sex. But the verb "do" is often used to mean "that verb that I used earlier" the same way a third person pronoun is used to refer to a noun used earlier. You can't use "know" to do that...
The other option is to rewrite the sentence completely--something like "Have you made many friends working here?" or "Have you made many friends by chatting on this Web site?" Or you could ask, "Have you met many friends the way you met me?" You can't say "Have you made many friends the way you made me?" because "made" is used as part of an expression "make friends" and not literally. But "Have you made many friends the way you made friends with me?" might work, too...
2006-07-12 01:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say two.....the first one doesn't make sense because it appears that you're implying a method BY which you met these
the problem is that the verbs don't necessarily flow with a process of making friends: basically it doesn't make sense that you made friends by the way (the manner or process) of how you knew someone.....that's what's confusing people
let's move on from that....I like the second sentence because your structure demands a preposition: by
a preposition explains relationship from one noun or clause to another....you don't have any word that clarifies that relationship in the first one. using 'by' or even 'through' are the appropriate prepositions in this case for explaining the relationship and either would suffice to make a clear thought.
so: two is correct.
2006-07-12 09:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by loboconqueso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No 'by'.
And 'same' is redundant.
And 'met' is more logical, I think, than 'knew'.
So 'Have you made many friends the way you met me?'
2006-07-12 07:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
none..this one: ''Have you made many friends the way you met me?''
2006-07-12 07:39:17 · answer #4 · answered by pussura 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first option is correct.
2006-07-12 07:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by Kanagarajan N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one
2006-07-12 07:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by alexmr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither
2006-07-12 07:35:37 · answer #7 · answered by Dennis C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both are correct.
2006-07-12 07:43:17 · answer #8 · answered by Elias N 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋