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Jigneshbharati Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

As well as vs and

While things may look a bit different this year, in normal times Holi festival is a spectacularly beautiful and colourful event, as well as a great excuse to get extremely messy.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6vh8xs Please explain the use of "and" and "as well as" in "as well as a great excuse to get extremely messy". What is diffrence in meaning if we change "as well as" with "and"?
  

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"as well as" strikes me as an expression that adds something that is of lesser importance. "and" strikes me as a word that adds something of equal importance. CJ

— CalifJim

  • "as well as" strikes me as an expression that adds something that is of lesser importance.
  • "and" strikes me as a word that adds something of equal importance.
  • CJ
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"as well as" strikes me as an expression that adds something that is of lesser importance. "and" strikes me as a word that adds something of equal importance.

CJ

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