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H M Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

As well as...

Hello,

Could you tell me if the sentence #1 below is correct?

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The effective and practical trainings as well as understanding theories at your university can help me establish new trainings for children.

I'm wondering if different kinds of word classes can come before and after "as well as". In this case, noun and -ing form.

Thank you!
  

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umm.... it doesn't sound right. I would stick to the nouns, so it would read as: The effective and practical training as well as the understanding of theories at your university........

— Jaguartree

  • umm....
  • it doesn't sound right.
  • I would stick to the nouns, so it would read as: The effective and practical training as well as the understanding of theories at your university........
  • 'as well as' also implies that the item following it is of lesser importance, so be careful.
  • You can get yourself out of this predicament by simply using the conjunction 'and'.
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umm.... it doesn't sound right. I would stick to the nouns, so it would read as: The effective and practical training as well as the understanding of theories at your university........
'as well as' also implies that the item following it is of lesser importance, so be careful. You can get yourself out of this predicament by simply using the conjunction 'and'.
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Thanks a lot!

Now I understood that I should use simly "and" in this case :-)
jaguartree'as well as' also implies that the item following it is of lesser importance,
I see... but dose it always happen??
I feel like "A as well as B" can mean that B is not less important or focusing on B rather than A in some context...

Thank you!!
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