And the answer is "No". At least, they are used differently, in colloquial speech.Hi!
Is same as the same as or not the same as the same as, please?
OK, that's simply a colloquial way of saying "... the same as usual" or "... as he usually does." There's no difference in meaning.One day he got up, had breakfast and went to work, same as usual.
:up: Or even '...and went to work, as usual.' There's a literary tendency, used by some authors, to make the 'usual' into an adjective: 'One day he got up and had his usual breakfast' - but this is rather too fancy for my liking. It also works best when there's only one complement.OK, that's simply a colloquial way of saying "... the same as usual" or "... as he usually does." ...
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