Subject verb agreement

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The boss, as well as his colleagues, has/have been robbed by the robber.Should we consider his colleagues as one group of sperate individuals.Or do we not consider "his colleagues" as a subject at all while deciding the singularity  orplurality of the verb and simply decide the verb(sigularity/pl) based on subject boss?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Decide based only on the subject boss. Ignore as well as phrases.

The boss, as well as ..., has been robbed ...

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YoungBuddy · Answer

adnan1947The boss, as well as his colleagues, has/have been robbed by the robber

phrases such as together with, as well as, and along with are not the same as and. The phrase introduced by as well as or along with will modify the earlier word (Boss in this case), but it does not compound the subjects (as the word and would do).

Adnan1947 · Answer

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