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The following is an excerpt from a dialogue between me and my language
partner.

> 「ささやく」についてですが、この動詞は、自動詞と他動詞、両方の使い方ができます。
>
> 「大蒜の神さまです」 と彼女はうやうやしくささやいた。  
>  **と** 他動詞として使うこともできます **し** 、
>
> 「大蒜の神さまです」 と彼女はささやくように言った。  
>  **のように、** 自動詞として「ように」とつなげて使うこともできます。  
>  （「ように」 については、あとで説明します）

The parts in bold are the ones which I'm not quite sure wether they were
intended. 1) I have no idea what the first と is supposed to do there. Really
nothing. 2) できますし。I guess it could be し making the verb chuushi form, but I
don't see how this would lead to a meaningful sentence combined with
「大蒜の神さまです」 と彼女はささやくように言った。 3) のように confused me at first, but I guess it is a
casual way to say that she is going to say something about ように. "About ように" I
guess is what shall be expressed by that?
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grammar quotes
Is starting with a と a typo? Is ending with a し a typo?
There is no typo. You need to notice there is one big sentence with two
embedded (or in-lined) example sentences. An English equivalent is something
like this.

> As for ささやく, there are both intransitive and transitive usages.
>
> You can use it as a transitive verb _**like**_ :
>

>> 「大蒜の神さまです」 と彼女はうやうやしくささやいた。

>
> _**...and**_ you can also use it as an intransitive verb that is followed by
> ように, _**like**_ :
>

>> 「大蒜の神さまです」 と彼女はささやくように言った。

  1. This と is a simple quotative particle. The quoted part is the first example sentence right before it.
  2. This し is a way to [connect two verbs](http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/learn-japanese-grammar-33/) in a sentence. Note that the sentence does not end at this point because the punctuation mark right after it is a comma (`、`). As you can see, colon (`:`) and ellipsis (`...`) are commonly used for this purpose in English.
  3. This の here is a simple connecting particle that relates two nouns. The first "noun" is the second example sentence right before it.
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