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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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as follows or as follow

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00Can you clarify my confusion regarding the usage of the phrases, "as follows" and "as follow"?0-
  

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0 Hello, it has to be as follows. 0-

  • 0 Hello, it has to be as follows.
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0 Hello, it has to be as follows. 0-
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0Do you mean that "as follow" can not be used in any circumstances?02br
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00I have witnessed cases where people used "as follow, " like this (eventhough not in these exact sentences)02br
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01i00Two explanations you requested are 01u00as follow02u00:02i02br
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0Hello Anon02br
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00To my mind, the "as follows" doesn't relate to the content of the following text, but the text itself as a whole, i.e.02br
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001. The two explanations you requested are as (in the text that) follows...02br
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00So I would call "as follow" incorrect. But other posters may have other opinions!02br
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Please refer to information obtained from URL>>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/follows
Usage Note: As follows (not as follow) is the established form of the idiom regardless of whether the
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Yes I agree.
As follows = "as it follows"
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Response is:

they are as follow

that is as follows
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AnonymousResponse is:

they are as follow

that is as follows

I don't think so. Please have a look at the posts above yours in this thread and at the following usage note from The Columbia Guide to Standard American English.

Whether the
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Hi Anon

Please read the explanations from Nona, MrPedantic and Tanit in this thread.

The standardly used expression is "as follows".

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