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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
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Alike/as well as

Consider the following sentence:



"Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team and fans alike."



Does this mean the same as:



"Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team as well as fans.



If so, which form is considered more informal (or formal)?


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" "Alike" is not needed and sounds like it, but it is not exactly wrong. Christine Christie "Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team as well as fans. "As well as" has a dedicated purpose.

— Anonymous

  • " "Alike" is not needed and sounds like it, but it is not exactly wrong.
  • Christine Christie "Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team as well as fans.
  • "As well as" has a dedicated purpose.
  • It is not a synonym for "and" or anything else, but people will dress up their prose with it to sound smarter, and those looser uses have become standard.
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Christine Christie"Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team and fans alike."

"Alike" is not needed and sounds like it, but it is not exactly wrong.

Christine Christie"Congratulations to the Colorado Avalanche Hockey team as well as fans.

"As well as" has a dedicated purpose. It is not a synonym for "an

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