{"id":12066,"date":"2021-04-12T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=12066"},"modified":"2023-03-23T21:27:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T21:27:19","slug":"comma-before-as-well-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-as-well-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before &#8220;as well as&#8221;: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:56.25%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}img#mv-trellis-img-2::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-2{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome, dear Linguaholic! Today, we will discuss the good and bad results of our actions toward others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oops, sorry that&rsquo;s &ldquo;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/post-karma-reddit-meaning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">karma<\/a><\/strong>.&rdquo; What I meant was the one without the r-sound in the middle, &ldquo;comma.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas are notorious for savagely annoying many students and office workers alike, not to mention natives and non-native English users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ambiguous phrases like &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; follow some easy, general patterns when they appear in sentences, so does the pre-comma placement. Scroll down to know them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When do we need a comma before &ldquo;as well as?&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A comma before &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; should be placed only if it introduces either a parenthetical mid-sentence remark or end-sentence remark, be it a word, a phrase, or even a clause. However, a pre-comma must not be inserted when it is used as a conjunction or preposition that compares ideas with equal weight or strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Getting to know &ldquo;as well as&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;As well as&rdquo; is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/most-if-not-all-punctuation-commas\/\"><b>most<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commonly recognized as an additive transition phrase whose main existence is, you guessed it, add information.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Yelena is willing to give up her dream of becoming a doctor for Brian&rsquo;s sake, as well as her current job.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conventionally believed and explained to denote a similar sense to the word &ldquo;and&rdquo; for the purpose of making information sharing more convenient.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Dylan, as well as Brian, dedicates his life to helping the poor.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to this catch-all explanation, some grammatical issues have been occurring because the language user gets prompted to think <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there is more than one subject involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>So<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is best to explain the meaning of &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; as something similar to &ldquo;in addition to that&rdquo; instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be more precise, &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; bears the meaning &ldquo;not only&hellip;but also&rdquo; which is used to emphasize the existence of an idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the last example actually emphasizes &ldquo;Dylan,&rdquo; and at the same time, recognizes &ldquo;Brian&rdquo; as the other doer of the action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we see a noun, a noun phrase, or a pronoun following &ldquo;as well as,&rdquo; it syntactically functions as a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhv.edu\/university-college\/student-success-center\/resources\/e-p\/prepositions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>preposition<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used for comparison purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He plays the guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when we see a clause afterward, &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; functions as a conjunction or clausal connector.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He plays the guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix does.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The possibility of using &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; in this sense also contributes to the ambiguity of the phrase, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/which-vs-what\/\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also often explained to denote the same meaning as &ldquo;like.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meaning of &ldquo;well&rdquo; in the sentence below is similar to &ldquo;good&rdquo; but used in an adverbial manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He plays the guitar as well as Jimi Hendrix.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To add insult to injury, &ldquo;well&rdquo; may also mean &ldquo;healthy,&rdquo; an adjective, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-albeit\/\"><b>albeit<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> less likely used by most people.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Grandpa is as well as a puppy.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, the details above only reveal that the English language is as beautiful as the sunset in the Grand Canyon, isn&rsquo;t it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(By the way, I used &ldquo;well&rdquo; as a filler word or an exclamatory expression in the last sentence. Hope you&rsquo;ve noticed it.)<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"grow-exclusive-content-widget-aa70192d-d134-4c49-86a3-d6f2effb13c9 grow-allow-content-ads\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FcGWj9ZmJCqbVuKMOa6A7yA_r8YRdtsq\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" alt=\"Comma Rules Cheat Sheet\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-720x405.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-735x413.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-335x188.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-347x195.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-520x293.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-960x540.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1080x608.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16942 size-full eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3Crect%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma Rules Cheat Sheet\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-720x405.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-735x413.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-335x188.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-347x195.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-520x293.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-960x540.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1080x608.jpeg 1080w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The silent rift between &ldquo;As well as&rdquo; and &ldquo;And&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-did-english-become-widely-diffused\/\"><b>English<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grammatical conventions and style authorities like the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomanualofstyle.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Manual of Style<\/a><\/strong> suggest that &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; may be used to simply mean &ldquo;and.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As this is the case, people have made this as a catch-all explanation when someone asks the question &ldquo;what does &lsquo;as well as&rsquo; mean&rdquo; or &ldquo;how to use &lsquo;as well as&rsquo; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/thus-in-a-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a sentence<\/a><\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But why not?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-if\/\"><b>If<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this is one way to make a language easier to understand, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-especially\/\"><b>especially<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as far as new learners of English go, then I guess it would do more good than harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it should also be natural to ask more complex questions as our linguistic repertoire becomes richer and richer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-therefore\/\"><b>Therefore<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we can deduce that noticing the subtle nuances behind &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; are, in fact, a sign of linguistic progress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-and-in-a-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asking questions related to comma usage<\/a><\/strong> also demonstrates that people are indeed interested in understanding how linguistic devices work, which is pivotal in the healthy sharing of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, without further ado, here are the guidelines in deciding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/whether-or-not-vs-whether\/\"><b>whether or not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to place a comma before &ldquo;as well as.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12072 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Comma before as well as\" width=\"924\" height=\"1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-735x1103.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-223x335.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-231x347.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-347x520.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-427x640.jpeg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-512x768.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-640x960.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-720x1080.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12072 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Comma before as well as\" width=\"924\" height=\"1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-735x1103.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-223x335.jpeg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-231x347.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-347x520.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-427x640.jpeg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-512x768.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-640x960.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1-720x1080.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Comma-before-as-well-as-1.jpeg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-2\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Placing a comma before &ldquo;as well as&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sometimes see &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; being preceded by a comma yet <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-sometimes\/\"><b>sometimes<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not, which is not an isolated case because this can happen to other phrases too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-apparently\/\"><b>Apparently<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this reveals that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comma rules<\/a><\/strong> are not essentially carved in stone, but are also dependent on stylistic reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are (see below) the two notorious reasons why a comma precedes &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/how-to-use-empathy-in-a-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in sentences<\/a><\/strong> that go beyond the most widely-recognized serial comma placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;that&rdquo; introduces a mid-sentence parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthesis is a stylistic device that allows a writer to insert remarks within a sentence that is separated with a comma for emphasis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical remarks can be in a form of a word, a phrase, or a clause that adds meaning to the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-since\/\"><b>Since<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a parenthesis&rsquo; job is to &ldquo;add&rdquo; meaning, we can say that they, therefore, serve as auxiliary devices used to decorate the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On that note, we can also conclude that they are nonessential sentence elements, but they are indeed very helpful in making the sentence much prettier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonessential sentence elements like parentheses appear anywhere within the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-hence\/\"><b>Hence<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; is used to introduce a parenthetical remark midway, then it should be preceded by a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s an example of how it is used.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Conference rooms A and B, as well as C, are occupied at the moment.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice that the verb &ldquo;are&rdquo; is used in the sentence above. This is because of the presence of the two subjects, rooms A and B.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/\"><b>However<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we should use &ldquo;is&rdquo; when there is only one entity before the parenthetical remark.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Conference room A, as well as B, is occupied at the moment.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can simply imagine an administrative staff checking these details through the computer who seems to be slightly caught off guard upon knowing that room B is also unavailable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has been the reason why she needed to create an emphatic remark introduced by &ldquo;as well as.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; introduces an end-sentence parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we know <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/what-are-you-up-to-meaning\/\"><b>what<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parenthetical remarks are, it should be easier to understand that an end-sentence parenthesis also needs a pre-comma placement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adhering to the same emphatic purpose, an end-sentence parenthesis usually occurs when the meat of the sentence is already lengthy, but the writer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-meanwhile\/\"><b>meanwhile<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wants to highlight the last part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s how we can do that using &ldquo;as well as.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Although he&rsquo;s a man of few words, he actually gets everyone to listen to him in awe when he speaks in public, as well as making them laugh.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above implies that the subject being described is not only charismatic but also humorous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthesizing the remark introduced by &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; at the end creates the effect that the comment is something beyond <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/per-usual-meaning-usage\/\"><b>usual<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The incorrect comma before &ldquo;as well as&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, that we&rsquo;ve seen how and when to insert a comma before &ldquo;as well as,&rdquo; let us also look at the condition in which the comma becomes incorrectly placed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; is used as a preposition<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comparative prepositions help in parallelizing the weight of ideas within sentences, which can also be done with &ldquo;as well as.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned earlier, the phrase functions as a preposition when it is followed by a noun, noun phrase, or a pronoun.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Dylan can&rsquo;t sing as well as his sister.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note though that the sentence <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/\"><b>above<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means that the subject is not as good a singer as his sister, but he can sing too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should that be the intention of the writer, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-then\/\"><b>then<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a comma cannot be placed before &ldquo;as well as.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if the intended meaning is the one that denotes &ldquo;not only&hellip;but also,&rdquo; then a comma should be placed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing so shifts the meaning of the statement to &ldquo;both people being bad singers,&rdquo; or, &ldquo;not only his sister, but also Dylan, cannot sing well.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the writer&rsquo;s intended meaning should be a precursory element to the comma decision.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; is used as a conjunction<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was also stated earlier that &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; may function as a conjunction when it is followed by a clause <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than a noun or pronoun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, it has been repeatedly stated that &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; more precisely denotes the meaning &ldquo;not only&hellip;but also,&rdquo; which is a correlative conjunction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the sentence is made up of two independent clauses, a comma is necessary to separate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when the meaning of the subsequent clause is dependent on the initial clause, a comma should <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> be placed at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, a comma shouldn&rsquo;t be inserted when we are using &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; as a conjunction that attaches a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-subordinate-clauses\/\"><b>dependent clause<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the latter part of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Mom never cooks as well as dad does.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dependence of the second clause can be revealed by how meaningless &ldquo;dad does&rdquo; is when taken out from the whole sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the only way to interpret its meaning is by attaching it to the initial independent clause &ldquo;Mom never cooks.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When using &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; this way, we must not separate it with a comma, not <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-unless-rules-usage-examples\/\"><b>unless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is particularly treated as a parenthetical remark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bear in mind though that the prepositional and conjunctive functions of &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; should only fall under the no-comma guideline if and only if they are non-parenthetical elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on Comma Before As Well As<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>When do we need a comma before &ldquo;such as?&rdquo;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A comma should come before &ldquo;such as&rdquo; when it introduces a parenthetical remark for the purpose of only &ldquo;adding&rdquo; meaning to a sentence that can still be considered as grammatical even without the such-as remark. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We can visit your grandpa&rsquo;s farm this summer and do some fun stuff, such as horseback riding and fruit picking.&rdquo;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>How can we use &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; in a sentence?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can use it as a conjunction in which &ldquo;well&rdquo; means &ldquo;good&rdquo; but in an adverbial sense, such as in &ldquo;His dog swims as well as he does.&rdquo; Or, we can also use it as a preposition that means &ldquo;like&rdquo; as in &ldquo;He dances as well as Channing Tatum does.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What is a synonym for &ldquo;as well as?&rdquo;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;In addition to that,&rdquo; &ldquo;not only&hellip;but also,&rdquo; and &ldquo;and&rdquo; are synonymous to &ldquo;as well as,&rdquo; but they should not be treated as direct and instant replacements.<\/span><br>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"When do we need a comma before &ldquo;such as?&rdquo;\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"A comma should come before &ldquo;such as&rdquo; when it introduces a parenthetical remark for the purpose of only &ldquo;adding&rdquo; meaning to a sentence that can still be considered as grammatical even without the such-as remark. &ldquo;We can visit your grandpa&rsquo;s farm this summer and do some fun stuff, such as horseback riding and fruit picking.&rdquo;\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"How can we use &ldquo;as well as&rdquo; in a sentence?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"We can use it as a conjunction in which &ldquo;well&rdquo; means &ldquo;good&rdquo; but in an adverbial sense, such as in &ldquo;His dog swims as well as he does.&rdquo; Or, we can also use it as a preposition that means &ldquo;like&rdquo; as in &ldquo;He dances as well as Channing Tatum does.&rdquo;\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What is a synonym for &ldquo;as well as?&rdquo;\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"&ldquo;In addition to that,&rdquo; &ldquo;not only&hellip;but also,&rdquo; and &ldquo;and&rdquo; are synonymous to &ldquo;as well as,&rdquo; but they should not be treated as direct and instant replacements.\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}\n<\/script><br>\n<!--FAQPage Code Generated by https:\/\/saijogeorge.com\/json-ld-schema-generator\/faq\/--><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">English is loaded <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/is-with-which-correct-grammar\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ambiguous words and phrases like &ldquo;well&rdquo; and &ldquo;as well as,&rdquo; which is one of the reasons why languages remain to be fun and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, these kinds of ambiguities can be made clearer by reading definitive and complete grammar-related blog posts, such as this one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/thank-you-for-the-kind-words\/\"><b>Thanks for<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reaching the end! See you next time-<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome, dear Linguaholic! Today, we will discuss the good and bad results of our actions toward others. Oops, sorry that&rsquo;s &ldquo;karma.&rdquo; What I meant was the one without the r-sound in the middle, &ldquo;comma.&rdquo; Commas are notorious for savagely annoying many students and office workers alike, not to mention natives and non-native English users. 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