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Teal aqua 734 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Wrong usage
May I please know the correct usage between 'as follow' and 'as follows'?
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Use 'as follows' whether the antecedent is singular or plural. The names of the committee members are as follows: ... Jeremy wrote a beautiful poem as follows: ...
- Use 'as follows' whether the antecedent is singular or plural.
- The names of the committee members are as follows: ...
- Jeremy wrote a beautiful poem as follows: ...
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Use 'as follows' whether the antecedent is singular or plural.
The names of the committee members are as follows: ...
Jeremy wrote a beautiful poem as follows: ...
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It's "as follows". Do not use "as follow". A list might follow, but the expression "as follows" does not refer to the separate items but to the list itself. Anyway, "as follow" sounds wrong even if you think you can defend it—the reader thinks "why did he do that?"
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