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I thought my understanding of all things non-restrictive and restrictive was finally as clear as my fastidious mother-in-law's windowpanes. But after looking at a particular sentence for 208 hours straight, my brain is now as mushy as her rice pudding.
I'm wondering whether a comma is needed before "as well as" in a sentence similar to the following.
Jane enjoys kite flying on the top of Mount Everest, as well as playing Monopoly in the best partying cities of Brazil.
I don't mean that she enjoys one activity as much as she enjoys the other. I mean she likes both activities. Also, in the real sentence, both activity A and activity B have several words (like this example), which makes me think maybe the comma would be needed for clarity. Thanks for any help on this.
I'm wondering whether a comma is needed before "as well as" in a sentence similar to the following.
Jane enjoys kite flying on the top of Mount Everest, as well as playing Monopoly in the best partying cities of Brazil.
I don't mean that she enjoys one activity as much as she enjoys the other. I mean she likes both activities. Also, in the real sentence, both activity A and activity B have several words (like this example), which makes me think maybe the comma would be needed for clarity. Thanks for any help on this.