There is a small stone on a flat surface like a table and Tom puts his mug on it as shown in the picture.
Is it correct to say "The mug's wobbly if you do like that"?
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Sign up to join this communityThere is a small stone on a flat surface like a table and Tom puts his mug on it as shown in the picture.
Is it correct to say "The mug's wobbly if you do like that"?
"if you do it like that" would be fine - "like that" refers to the way something is being done, it implies that there are different options, and Tom's chosen to do "it" (the act of putting a cup down) in a bad way. "Don't do it in that way, do it like this".
"If you do that" just refers to the action - the thing you're doing will have this effect. So don't do that thing!