[Grammar] "She has invited Jill as well as Kate."

[ambitious-girl]

Can we always swap the position of sentence starting with "as well as" within sentences?

"As well as making it possible for people to eat more, a prosperous mechanized society means that most people take less exercise. "

"A prosperous mechanized society means that most people take less exercise, as well as making it possible for people to eat more."

"She has invited Jill as well as Kate."
"As well as Kate She has invited Jill"

"They like walking as well as skiing."
"As well as skiing they like walking."

 

[teechar]

ambitious-girl, please go easy on the use of colour in your posts.

 

[ambitious-girl]

ambitious-girl, please go easy on the use of colour in your posts.

I have just tried to make them more readable.

 

[emsr2d2]

I have just tried to make them more readable.

In doing so, you made it less readable! Black font and the standard font size suffice.

 

[Tdol]

You might want to tidy up the punctuation in the third and fourth, as well as the capitalisation.

 

[Rover_KE]

Can we always swap the position of [STRIKE]sentence starting with[/STRIKE] "as well as" within sentences?

Let's just say we can usually change its position.

 

[ambitious-girl]

You might want to tidy up the punctuation in the third and fourth, as well as the capitalisation.

Is this correct now?

"She has invited Jill, as well as Kate."
"As well as Kate, she has invited Jill"

 

[ambitious-girl]

In doing so, you made it less readable! Black font and the standard font size suffice.

Teacher,
what does "in doing so" mean? I couldn't find any equivalent in dictionaries.

 

[teechar]

It means when you do that or by doing so.

 

[Tdol]

Is this correct now?

Much nicer. :up: