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JimmyH Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

As well as..

He as well as I am sick
He as well as I is sick?

Which of them is grammatically correct and why?
  

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Both sound strange; I would use: He is sick as well, or, of you needed to use I in the sentence, He is sick as well as I or he and I are both sick.

— Anonymous

  • Both sound strange; I would use: He is sick as well, or, of you needed to use I in the sentence, He is sick as well as I or he and I are both sick.
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Both sound strange; I would use: He is sick as well, or, of you needed to use I in the sentence,
He is sick as well as I
or
he and I are both sick.
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The first sentence is correct because the verb must agree with the pronoun I.
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Huzaifa AsifHe as well as I am sickHe as well as I is sick? Which of them is grammatically correct and why?
It needs recasting, Huzaifa. 'As well as' is a subordinating conjunction, so the grammatical subject is 'He' and the concordant verb is therefore 'is'. However. the proximity of 'I' to the verb causes notional and proximal concord to be very strong, and
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Hmm, I didn’t think it sounded that bad. Of course, (Both) he and I are sick is definitely more common and natural.
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Aspara GusHmm, I didn’t think it sounded that bad.
Heck, no—we all say it! It's just that Huzaifa is looking for the grammar.
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Thanks alot for your concern. Yeah, it's more common and understandable to say 'He and I are sick' than putting that 'as well as' clause. I seriously have heard this sentence 'he as well as I is sick' for the first time that made me publish a question regarding it to confirm my doubts.

Again, thank you.
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He, as well as I, is sick.
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