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Guest Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

As well as

In the following sentence:

My father as well as my mother likes chocolate

should the verb be singular or plural ie like or likes? Also is 'as well as' a conjunction?
  

Top answer

In this case, it should be singular. Hope this helps.

— Julielai

  • In this case, it should be singular.
  • Hope this helps.
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In this case, it should be singular.

Hope this helps.
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'likes' refers to 'my father' and 'mother' is used here just for comparison or\and adding of information...so singular
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What about these examples?
My parents like(or likes?) chocolates.
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like because 'parents' is the plural form of 'a parent'.
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So, do 'my parents' act as a singular form in this sentence.

Then, what about :
My family likes chocolates


I bet I'm correct this time.
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my parents like....
'my parents' is plural, not singular.


My family likes chocolates - OK.
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Then istn't we use ...s for plurals. If 'my parents' is plural, then it must be 'my parents likeS...' (Yes ofcourse, it doesn't sound good.)

Can you explain Maverick.

Thanks.
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Excuse my intrusion, but "family" is rather followed by a plural...
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