Along With and As Well As Do Not Form Plural Subjects
Beware of words that join but do not qualify as true conjunctions and thus do not form plural subjects. These words include as well as, along with, together with, not to mention, and others. Again, another example from New Fowler:
A very profitable company such as British Telecom, along with many other companies in the UK, is not prepared to pay a reasonable amount. New Fowler, p. 35.
Neither-Nor, Subject-Verb Agreement
The problem of subject-verb agreement also crops up when you use correlative conjunctions. When you use neither . . . nor to join two subjects of a clause, you will confront the problem of number. Must the verb appear in the singular or the plural? When neither . . . nor joins two singular subjects, the verb must be singular as well. Like this:
Neither the player nor the coach wants to lose the game.
It is C ... <span>irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but it is not understood by the characters in the play
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1. I looked out of my bedroom window to the horses frolicking through the meadow.
2. This bank accepts deposits from children of any size, even elementary school!
3. The professor continued to make more and more astounding comments as he rose from his desk.
4. Yesterday, the landlord told all of the tenants that he was raising their rent.
5. My mother gazed with dismay as the contents of the broken jars oozed out onto the floor.
C. The author uses a simile to compare the feeling of nervousness to melting because the sentence uses the word "like," which is an underlying hint to similes. Without it, it would be a metaphor.
