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"as well as" does not equal "and"

Posted By: deenibeeni on 2009-02-09
In Reply to: Comma Usage... see message - eaji13

Subject: "as well as" does not equal "and"

i.e., the phrase isn't a conjunction and doesn't get treated the same way in a sentence. So your first choice is correct. I find that a lot of docs dictate w, x, y as well as z. I always change this to w, x and y as well as z.

Good catch.


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