Is 'Like', Like Okay to Say

Is “Like”, Like Okay to Say?
For lots of people, saying ‘like’ is considered a bad habit, or something they should correct, but in fact, ‘like’ is a perfectly good, maybe even necessary word in the English Language. It’s just a filler word like ‘um’ is. ‘Um’ doesn’t mean anything, and has no meaning, no real purpose is a sentence/phrase. For example, if we were to say- “She’s like five years old.”, it has a different impression than “She’s um five years old.” ‘Like is definitely not just a filler word.  It’s used to make the listener to better understand the message that the speaker is trying to relay or can help clarify some detail, or reiterate a point, thought or opinion. However, this word is often looked down upon. 
People seem to have the assumption that the word ‘like’ is a rather uneducated thing do say. It’s seen as unprofessional, and little-kid-ish. Although it may be so, it’s still a very important word to the English language. 
One thing that is interesting when considering the word ‘like’, is that it is virtually 
nonexistent in writing. You never see ‘Like’ in everyday writing. It is seen often when writing dialogue, other than that, this so-called filler version of the word ‘Like’, makes no impression. It is an exclusively spoken word. I believe this is because, In speech, there is no real time to explain your thoughts cohesively, and perfectly, unless you have it planned out. In speaking situations “like’ is very helpful to make sentences more cohesive, and less stiff. However, in writing, it’s an entirely different situation. You have plenty of time, to go back and edit sentences, find new ways to help them make more sense. There’s really no purpose for ‘like’ to be there when you’re able to have the luxury, of planning out every sentence, every word. 
All in all, the word “like” is a highly useful, and necessary word in the spoken English Language. 

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