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the same way vs same way

Both "the same way" and "same way" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "The same way" is used when comparing things or actions, while "same way" is used when referring to a method or manner without comparison.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 959 views

the same way

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when comparing things or actions.

This phrase is used when comparing things or actions to show that they are done in a similar manner.

Examples:

They both solved the problem the same way.
She approached the situation the same way as her colleague.

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And the camera is the same way.
Everybody tells it pretty much the same way.
I guess on some level I always thought Draper was the same way.
Never go home the same way twice.
Never drive the same way to work.
...I would be the same way for them.
We are going the same way, so let's travel together.
Miss Lora feels the same way.
He probably left the same way.
Chemistry affects people the same way the world over.
Bill always went his own way, usually the same way you were going.
Tom died the same way Mary did.
Administrative or organisational grouping of EnvironmentalMonitoringFacilities managed the same way for a specific purpose, targeting a specific area.
We all move the same way pretty much.
Maybe we don't all quite move the same way.
Because the aid and oil or mineral money acts the same way.
So maybe it's working in people the same way.
We need a common supervisory culture: more supervisors doing more things the same way.
Of course, we are not responding in entirely the same way.
We never dress the same way twice.

Alternatives:

in the same way
in a similar way
similarly

same way

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a method or manner without comparison.

This phrase is used to refer to a method or manner without the need for comparison.

Examples:

He always does things the same way.
Please explain the process in the same way you did before.

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Chunky Coates gets his grant money same way everyone does.
Many is the time I've seen Barney go off just that same way.
And seeing you do that with another man would have made me feel the exact same way.
But it turns out Mike was planning to propose to me that same way last night.
Mason dipped his fry, same way, except here's the thing - It wasn't just any shake.
When I promised Linda Kloster, when I gave her my solemn word that her husband would pay, she grabbed my hand the exact same way.
It's the exact same way I felt when the guys on my high school team walked into the locker room and I was dressed in a cheerleader's uniform.
They go to school same way every morning.
And it works the exact same way.
The replacement anakinra acts in same way as the natural protein.
The replacement acts in same way as naturally produced G-CSF.
At least not in the exact same way.
- same way the other did.
And I think you feel that same way, too.
It's happened to dozens others the exact same way.
And everyone at school's the exact same way.
A camera's iris works the exact same way.
Chunky Coates gets his grant money same way everyone does.
He'd have to travel the exact same way.
I got recruited the exact same way you did.

Alternatives:

in the same way
in a similar way
similarly

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