9.39 adjuncts

To indicate that an action or a way of doing something is similar to the one just mentioned, you can use the adjuncts 'in the same way', 'in a similar way', 'similarly', or 'likewise'.

• She spoke of Jim and Karl tolerantly but with frowns and sighs. And presumably she spoke to them of me in the same way.
• As the children surged silently around them, the soldiers glanced along the line to see their colleagues similarly surrounded.

9.40

To indicate that an action or a way of doing something is different from the one just described, you can use the adjuncts 'otherwise' and 'differently'.

• I thought life was simply splendid. I had no reason to think otherwise.
• She had been ashamed of her actions but she had been totally incapable of doing otherwise.
• The British have been slow off the mark. They do things differently in America.