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by aim-wsc » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:54 am
rjangada as well as johny are studying hard to beat the GMAT!

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by 800guy » Sat Aug 26, 2006 5:15 pm
rjangada wrote:what is the rule for sentences with "As well as" phrase? Is the verb form singular or plural?
'as well as' is used for parallelism. for example--if a noun preceeds this phrase, then a noun must follow: johnny is a friend as well as a confidant.
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by aim-wsc » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:14 pm
:lol: hahaa
nice one.800.

dear rjangada,

pls note that when he refers to 'll' lism he used article 'a' for both parts. A friend A confident.
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by thegmatbeater » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:17 am
rjangada as well as johny are studying hard to beat the GMAT!


I think this is wrong, it should be singular..

rjangada as well as johny IS studying hard to beat the GMAT!
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by aim-wsc » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:30 am
I was wrong. apologies for misleading the members :| afterall I am a student too ;)
thegmatbeater wrote:rjangada as well as johny are studying hard to beat the GMAT!
I think this is wrong, it should be singular..
rjangada as well as johny IS studying hard to beat the GMAT!
Uh! Yes I think you're right.
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by eshahid » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:48 am
"As well as" is just an additive phrase that joins two subjects but doesn't form a compound subject on addition. As a result the number of the original subject doesn't change because of the additive phrase. Only and can join two subjects to form a compound subject.
example:
rjangada as well as johny IS studying hard to beat the GMAT.
rjangada and johny ARE studying hard to beat the GMAT.



PS: Refer Manhattan SC's Chapter on Subject verb agreement.
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