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The phrase "as well as"

Posted By: does a comma go before that phrase? on 2006-02-05
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Subject: The phrase "as well as"

I'm never sure.. for example,   The patient has hypertension, as well as coronary artery disease.  Is the comma necessary?


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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.

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