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1. Same (or the same) was once commonly used as a pronoun in literary English

• (But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved —Matthew 24:13 (Authorized Version, 1611)

but is now largely confined to legal and business contexts:

• The cross motion for an order for renewal of plaintiff's motion for alimony pendente lite is denied, no sufficiently persuasive ground in support of same having been demonstrated —New York Law Journal, 1973.

In general use the effect is usually jocular or pseudo-legalistic, except in uses of the type My wife ordered lemon sole and I had the same.
2. When same is connected to a following word or phrase, the usual link word is as: Your car is the same make as mine. When a clause follows, as may be replaced by that: I've bought the same make of car as you have got or I've bought the same make of car that you have got, and as a relative pronoun that may even be omitted in the normal way: I've bought the same make of car you have got. In more formal contexts, however, as should be used.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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