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Healer Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

As well as

What is the difference in usage between "as well as" and "and"?

  • You and I are doing this.
  • You as well as I am doing this.

Does the verb follow the last subject in "as well as"?

Can we use "as well as" for objects?

  • I like him as well as her.

Thanks!

  

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healer You and I are doing this. You as well as I am are doing this. Does the verb follow the last subject in "as well as"?

— CalifJim

  • healer You and I are doing this.
  • You as well as I am are doing this.
  • Does the verb follow the last subject in "as well as"?
  • No.
  • The "as well as" part is treated as parenthetical.
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healer
  • You and I are doing this.
  • You as well as I am are doing this.

Does the verb follow the last subject in "as well as"?

No. The "as well as" part is treated as parenthetical. It does not participate in subject-verb agreement.

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healerWhat is the difference in usage between "as well as" and "and"?

"As well as" is used too much and often inadvisedly as what is imagined by inexpert writers to be an elegant form of "and". It is best reserved for occasions where its comparative import is called for, as in "Lincoln was a good wrestler as well as a great leader." In other words, he was a

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