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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

and / as well as

He was punched as well as kicked her.

He was punched and kicked her.


Are both sentences correct?

  

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He punched as well as kicked her. He punched and kicked her. both seem fine to me.

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He punched as well as kicked her.
He punched and kicked her.
both seem fine to me.

At the NYT:
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... to write songs as
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The word 'was' shouldn't be in the sentence - a careless mistake.
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Another example with verbs:
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Irwin Allen directed this one as well as produced it, and they certainly threw a big cast at the thing. Michael Ca
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Marius

Thanks for all your effort. I appreciate it very much.
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Hi guys,

Please allow me to disagree.

Michael Swan addresses this in his Practical English Usage. Let me try to summarize what he says.

1. as well as is similar to not only. eg He's got a car as well as a bicycle.

2. When as well as is used with a verb,
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Yoong LiatHe was punched as well as kicked her. He was punched and kicked her. Are both sentences correct?
It seems 2 different actions...
He was punched, then he kicked her.
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AnonymousIt seems 2 different actions...He was punched, then he kicked her.
Read the thread more carefully. The inclusion of "was" was a mistake. The thread is about: He punched as well as kicked her.

CJ
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