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Subject verb agreement - I as well as he is/am the culprit
There is very similar question on our sister site, English language and Usage:
What is the correct verb that follows "as well as?"
An excellent poster from ELL, F.E. answered the question. ...
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Subject verb agreement - I as well as he is/am the culprit
The other answers have provided sources for the claim that when two subjects are coordinated with as well as, the verb never agrees with just the second one. This much is definitely true.
Out of them, ...
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Subject verb agreement - I as well as he is/am the culprit
OP's query on "Subject verb agreement:
I have read that in case of 'as well as' the verb agrees with the first subject but putting an 'am' sounds weird. Is it correct or is there more to that ...
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Subject verb agreement - I as well as he is/am the culprit
There is no case were "be" would agree with "he". It is either
I as well as he am the culprit.
or
I as well as he are the culprits.
It depends whether "as well as" is ...
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Subject verb agreement - I as well as he is/am the culprit
As well as he is an interruption and doesn't affect the form of BE for the subject I here: I am.
To avoid the weirdness, we could say We both are culprits or Both he and I are culprits.
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Using "it" to refer to "amounts of"
This is really huge amounts of money, but it is much less than we need. ( It appears on a workbook. I'm not sure if it's from a reliable source)
I find this an inappropriate example for learning ...
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Using "it" to refer to "amounts of"
The mismatch of 'number' (singular/plural) needs correcting
Either:
These are really huge amounts of money, but they are much less than we need.
'They' is a plural pronoun referring to some things ...
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