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Scribbler Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

"as well as" verb + ing?

In a sentence such as:

"Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles as well as providing specific examples of their application.

Should the word following "as well as" be "provides" or "providing"? "Providing" sounds better to me, but I wonder if it should be "provides" to be consistent with the previous "discusses."
  

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Since as well as isn't a preposition or a conjunction, I would say: "Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles and provides specific examples of their application as well . CB

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  • Since as well as isn't a preposition or a conjunction, I would say: "Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles and provides specific examples of their application as well .
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Since as well as isn't a preposition or a conjunction, I would say:
"Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles and provides specific examples of their application as well.
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Thank you ... interesting ... so "as well as" can't be used in the way I used it in the original sentence?
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0Actually "as well as" can be used as a subordinating conjunction, coordinating conjunction, or adverbial phrase.02br
00Your use of "as well as" is correct. The problem is actually with the parallelism, or parallel structure, of your sentence.02br
00It should be "01i00"Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles
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I would have written
"Philosophy 101" is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles and provides specific examples of their application as well.

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"Philosophy 1
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This is not correct: the gerund, or '-ing' form, of the verb is used in this context after 'as well as'. There is nothing wrong with the original sentence: 'Philosophy 101 is an excellent basic course that discusses general philosophical principles as well as providing specific examples of their application.'
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