# Such as vs such...as

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 12, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281 "2014-05-12T15:47:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281/21 "2014-05-12T21:05:42Z")

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I agree with that and with the comparison to Troy McClure-style oratory.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281/22 "2014-05-12T21:13:51Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> They have different meanings. The first sentence means that you like composers in general, with Beethoven, Mozart, and Liszt being examples of composers. The second sentence means that you like those composers specifically, and probably others who are similar to them, but not all composers.

This.

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**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281/23 "2014-05-13T01:07:28Z")

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> [@njtt](#):
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> This.

No. See above.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281/24 "2014-05-13T01:28:33Z")

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I think they mean the same thing, but I’d still go with the first sentence over the second. The second feels stuffier.

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**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/such-as-vs-such-as/688281/25 "2014-05-13T02:14:19Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> I think they mean the same thing, but I’d still go with the first sentence over the second. The second feels stuffier.

That. Quite.

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