Man_From_India
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1. What is the definition of Quasi-coordinator? I know a few examples of quasi coordinator like "as well as", but I want to know the definition so that whenever I find a quasi coordinator I can pick that up as a quasi coordinator even if that word doesn't fall into my list of learned quasi coordinator.
I was reading Flower's Modern English Usage book and there the following was written
I was reading Flower's Modern English Usage book and there the following was written
Nouns joined by quasi coordinators. Nouns joined by other linking words or quasi-coordinators (e.g. accompanied by, as well as, not to mention, together with, etc.) are followed by a singular verb if the first noun or noun phrase is singular: A very profitable company such as British Telecom, along with many other companies in the UK, is not prepared to pay a reasonable amount; Daddy had on the hairy tweed jacket with leather elbow patches which, together with his pipe, was his trade mark. So too when the linking words are or or nor. Every run-out or Ibw is similarly analysed; neither our mourning nor our rejoicing is as the world's is (T. S. Eliot, 1935)