AS WELL AS + ing Or bare infinitive

[5jj]

There is no harm in capitalizing every single word of any term/item you are trying to put an emphasis on as explaining...etc.

It's overkill to use both quotation marks and upper case letters.

The use of the conjunction "AND" seems to be fine to me.

It seems unnecessary.

Again, referring to the gerund form can be in different ways: ING; -ing; gerund...etc.

It is rarely referred to as -ING or -ing. It's the -ing form.

 

[Rover_KE]

There is no harm in capitalizing every single word of any term/item you are trying to put an emphasis on ...

I disagree, and would be surprised to learn that any standard style guide endorses it.

Students should be aware that quotation marks, italics, underlining, or bolding are adequate for emphasis.

 

[Tarheel]

Not even to say 'My dad had his operation yesterday and he's as well as can be expected'?

I'm pretty sure I would use "doing" there. Also, that's not the way they were using that.

I'm pretty sure I've heard "He's doing about as well as can be expected." I might even have used it myself that way. However, I'm pretty sure I haven't used to to mean "in addition to".

 

[HSSEFL]

 

[Tarheel]

@Prof.ALio What is that?

 

[emsr2d2]

We can use the -ing form after "as well as" but we don't have to.

He's hitting it with a hammer as well as breaking it up with an axe.
I'm going to hit it with a hammer as well as break it up with an axe.

I agree with that screenshot if you use the present simple for the first verb.
He hit it with a hammer as well as breaking it up with an axe.
However, that's a really unnatural sentence. Native speakers would say "He hit it with a hammer and/then broke it up with an axe".

 

[HSSEFL]

I know.
I myself never heard any native speaker using it likewise. But as a teacher I had to look it up in order to be able to explain it to my Ss should they ever ask.

 

[HSSEFL]

Please, I request that this thread/topic be closed.
Thank you all for your participation, which I am appreciative of.

 

[5jj]

We don't normally close threads. Other people may have follow-up questions.

 

[emsr2d2]

in order to be able to explain it to my Ss should they ever ask.

What is "Ss" supposed to mean?

 

[5jj]

What is "Ss" supposed to mean?

Students.

 

[emsr2d2]

What is "Ss" supposed to mean?

Students.

@Prof.ALio Please don't use non-standard abbreviations/contractions on the forum. Use complete words.

 

[HSSEFL]

okay

 

[emsr2d2]

Okay.

Even a sentence as short as that requires opening capitalisation and a closing punctuation mark. Please bear in mind that other learners here will see "English teacher" on your member profile and assume that everything you write is correct.