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Margaret as well as Jane ____ here since last week.
A. has been
B. have been
Note: I chose A. Why is A wrong? … Or is it?Sorry, I put B. (why i kept making this kind of mistakes?)I actually put B. but the solution says A is right... I thought the question tests a special usage of "as well as".... is it?
30 мар. 2013 г., 7:05
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This is an odd one. If the sentence was worded as "Margaret and Jane", then the correct answer would be B.
However, "as well as Jane" is an auxiliary statement. Therefore, within the sense, they are NOT considered to be part of the same group, and thus you cannot exchange their names for "they" (the pronoun which would make B correct). It's a weird oddity of sentences like that that both women should be treated as individuals, and thus "has" is correct.
More specifically, due to how the sentence is written, you cannot rewrite it as "Margaret and Jane have been here since last week", despite that being the case. You would instead write it as two sentences: "Margaret has been here since last week. Jane has also been here since last week." By doing this, it becomes clear that A should be chosen in this very specific instance.
30 марта 2013 г.
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M & J have been.
They have been.
3rd person plural => have
I have, you have he has, we have, you (pl) have, they have.
30 марта 2013 г.
Thanks! :D
10 апреля 2013 г.
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10 апреля 2013 г.
Hi Apple Tree, thanks for this comprehensive list. It is very useful =)
9 апреля 2013 г.
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