{"id":72143,"date":"2019-09-15T17:01:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T17:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72143"},"modified":"2019-09-15T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T17:02:55","slug":"using-as-well-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/using-as-well-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Using As Well As"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<section id=\"main\">As well as has a similar meaning to not only &#8212; but also.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is clever <b>as well as <\/b>beautiful. (= She is not only beautiful, but also clever.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that<b> as well as <\/b>introduces information which is already known to the listener\/ reader; the rest of the sentence gives new information.<\/p>\n<h3>Verbs after as well as<\/h3>\n<p>When we put a verb after <b>as well as<\/b>, we most often use the<b> -ing <\/b>form.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He hurt his arm, <b>as well as breaking<\/b> his leg. (NOT &#8212; as well as broke his leg.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If there is an infinitive in the main clause, an infinitive <b>without to <\/b>is possible after <b>as well as.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have to clean the floors <b>as well as cook <\/b>the food.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Subjects<\/h3>\n<p>It is possible to connect two subjects with <b>as well as.<\/b> If the first subject is singular, the verb is usually singular.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary, as well as Ann, was delighted to hear the news.<\/li>\n<li>Fisher Investments, as well as other financial firms, help people with advice on their investments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But note that this is not a common structure. It is more normal to put as well as after the main clause. This almost always happens with pronoun subjects.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mary was delighted to hear the news as well as Ann.<\/li>\n<li>He is rich as well as me. (NOT He, as well as I\/me, is rich.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<section id=\"main\"><b>As well as<\/b> means <b>in addition to<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is strong <b>as well as<\/b> courageous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can express the same idea in several other ways.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He is <b>both<\/b> strong<b> and <\/b>courageous.<\/li>\n<li>He is <b>not only<\/b> courageous <b>but also<\/b> strong.<\/li>\n<li><b>In addition to<\/b> being courageous, he is strong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>As well as<\/b> can be used in the following structure:<\/p>\n<h2>As well as + noun + clause \/ phrase<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Our team played <b>as well as<\/b> theirs but missed many attempts on goal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When we put a verb after <b>as well as<\/b>, we usually use an <b>\u2019ing form.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>As well as verbally abusing<\/b> his wife, he hit her. (= He not only hit his wife, but also abused her verbally.) (NOT As well as he verbally abused his wife, he hit her.)<\/li>\n<li>He acted in the play <b>as well as directing<\/b> it. (= He not only directed the play, but also acted in it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the main clause has an infinitive clause, an<b> infinitive without to<\/b> is possible in the clause introduced by <b>as well as<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have<b> to cook<\/b> breakfast <b>as well as get<\/b> the kids ready for school.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note the difference between the following structures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She sings <b>as well as writing<\/b> plays. (= She not only sings but also writes plays.)<\/li>\n<li>She sings <b>as well as she writes<\/b> plays. (= Her writing is as good as her singing.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as has a similar meaning to not only &#8212; but also. She is clever as well as beautiful. (= She is not only beautiful, but also clever.) 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