the same...as/that
 
 【问】……第一式用as引导的从句，表示它的内容与主句内容‘相似’;第二式用that引导的从句，表示它的内容与主句内所讲的事物是‘同一’的。即第一式指同类的事物，第二式指相同的事物。
 This is the same bag as I lost yesterday.
 这个书包和我昨天丢失的相似。
 This is the same bag that I lost yesterday.
 这正是我昨天丢失的那个书包。”(《英语分类句型》，商务印书馆，P.190)我一直是按照上述观点来向学生讲授the same...as与the same...that的区别的。但我不知如何解释下列句中the same...as的用法：
 Meet me at the same place as you did yesterday. (Palmer)
 请到昨天见我的那个地方来见我。
 【答】 我国的许多英语著作都采用了上面的区分法。例如，《最新高级英汉词典》(商务印书馆，1995，P.969)着重指出：“That is the same knife as I lost.那把小刀跟我丢的一模一样。That is the same knife that I lost.那把小刀就是我丢的。”(《英语一千常用单词》(外研社，1991，P.499)也作了这样的明确区分：
 “比较：This is the same bicycle as I have lost.
 这辆自行车跟我丢失的那辆一样(是指同样的一种)。
 This is the same bicycle that I have lost.这是我丢失的那辆自行车。(是指同一辆自行车)。”
 但是，实际上，这两个格式并非分工得如此明确。我们发现，the same...as除了用于表示“相似”的事物之外，还可用于表示“同一”事物(identical)，即跟the same...that具有相同的含义。请对比下列含有the same... that的句子与含有the same... as的句子：
 1. He is the same man that(或whom) we met yesterday. (ECD)
 他就是昨天我们遇见的那个人。
 2. He was wearing the same shirt that he'd had on the day before. (PEU)
 他穿的那件衬衫，是他前一天穿过的同一件衬衫。
 3. I went out the same way(that)I'd got in. (PEU)
 我顺着进来的原路走出去了。
 4. We say be going to，for the same reason that we say have to，used to etc.，i. e. to remindstudents of the to in the following infinitive. (PEG)
 我们说be going to，和我们说have to，used to等的原因是一样的，都是要提醒学生注意后面不定式中的这个to。
 5. He went to the same school as me. (CCUD)
 他跟我在同一个学校上学。
 6. You've made the same mistake as last time (that you made last time). (LASED)
 你这次犯的错误与上次犯的错误完全一样。
 7. My stand on this is just the same as it was four years ago. (Lewis)
 我对这个问题的立场跟四年前完全一样。
 8. We are in the same position as at the end of last summer. (Davies)
 我们的态度跟去年夏末一样。
 9. A： We're staying at the Excelsior Hotel.
 B： Is that the same as/that you stayed in last summer? (CGEL)
 A：我们将住在精美旅馆。
 B：就是你们去年夏天住过的那家旅馆吗?
 10. A：Is that a new bicycle?
 B： No，it's the same(one) as(I had) before. (CGEL)
 A：那是辆新自行车吗?
 B：不是，它是我以前用的那辆。
 11. I live in the same house as he lives in.
 我跟他住在同一所房子里。
 12. I really couldn't put up with living in the same place as that fellow after what had happened. (Curme)
 在发生这件事情以后，我实在不能容忍再和那个人住在一起了。
 13. He sits in the same row that(as) we do.
 他和我们坐在同一排。
 14. When we saw the engine enter the tunnel on the same track that (as) we were on，webelieved our last hour had come. (Curme)
 当我们看见那个火车头和我们同轨进入隧洞的时候，我们认为我们的末日到了。应当注意，在the same之后使用that有两个限制：1.the same必须充当名词的定语或者在the same之后暗含着一个one[the same (one)];2.that引出的从句不能是省略句。而as却没有这种限制。
 1. I feel the same today as I did yesterday. (JED)
 我今天的感觉和昨天一样。
 2. He was about the same age as Philip. (Maugham)
 他的年龄大约与菲利普相同。
 3. I like the same music as you. (PEU)
 我喜欢的音乐跟你相同。