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Healer Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

As well as

When we use “as well as” with the subject in a sentence, do we take it as singular or plural?

For example:

He as well she does/do it.

I as well as he like/likes it.

She as well he like/likes it.

  

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healer When we use “as well as” with the subject in a sentence, do we take it as singular or plural? The verb agrees with the subject (mentioned first), not with the noun phrase after "as well as". Melissa , as well as her sisters, likes it.

  • healer When we use “as well as” with the subject in a sentence, do we take it as singular or plural?
  • The verb agrees with the subject (mentioned first), not with the noun phrase after "as well as".
  • Melissa , as well as her sisters, likes it.
  • The children , as well as their father, like to play board games.
  • So, He as well she does it.
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healerWhen we use “as well as” with the subject in a sentence, do we take it as singular or plural?

The verb agrees with the subject (mentioned first), not with the noun phrase after "as well as".

Melissa, as well as her sisters, likes it.
The children, as well as their father, like to play board games.

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