a. I cooked the pie in a clay dish as you like it to be cooked.
b. I cooked the pie in a clay dish, as you like it to be cooked.
Is there a difference in the meanings of the above sentences?
Does the comma change anything?
I think in (a), I cooked it in a clay dish and in the manner you like it to be cooked.
In (b) you like it to be cooked in clay dish and that is how I cooked it. But maybe (b) is ambiguous?
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c. I cooked the chicken well as you like it to be cooked.
d. I cooked the chicken well, as you like it to be cooked.
Is there a difference in the meanings of the above sentences?
Does the comma change anything?
In theory we should have the same difference we have between (a) and (b), but I am not sure that difference exists here.
I am not sure (c) is even correct.
Many thanks.
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