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“as follows” vs “as the following”
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As follows sounds more correct to me, as the following sounds super wrong to me,but just wanted to hear your opinion as well on this one, is "as the following" a legit phrase when listing things that follow, for instance can you use it like this:
bank process shall be as the following:
a) something
b) something else
word-choice word-usage
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
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As follows sounds more correct to me, as the following sounds super wrong to me,but just wanted to hear your opinion as well on this one, is "as the following" a legit phrase when listing things that follow, for instance can you use it like this:
bank process shall be as the following:
a) something
b) something else
word-choice word-usage
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
add a comment |
As follows sounds more correct to me, as the following sounds super wrong to me,but just wanted to hear your opinion as well on this one, is "as the following" a legit phrase when listing things that follow, for instance can you use it like this:
bank process shall be as the following:
a) something
b) something else
word-choice word-usage
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
As follows sounds more correct to me, as the following sounds super wrong to me,but just wanted to hear your opinion as well on this one, is "as the following" a legit phrase when listing things that follow, for instance can you use it like this:
bank process shall be as the following:
a) something
b) something else
word-choice word-usage
word-choice word-usage
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
erin cerin c
162247
asked May 20 '12 at 19:05
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I can't put my finger on the exact grammatical reason, but I know that "as the following" is not correct in this context. "As follows" is the only way I've ever heard it.
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
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"As follows" is an idiom which introduces a list.
You can say "the following" as a sort of pronoun (an anaphoric noun phrase), eg
The following are all the options available:
and even
We expect some response like the following:
but it is not an idiom in the same way.
"As the following" is grammatical, but not normal.
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
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Hello dosto like you follow karo
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I can't put my finger on the exact grammatical reason, but I know that "as the following" is not correct in this context. "As follows" is the only way I've ever heard it.
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
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I can't put my finger on the exact grammatical reason, but I know that "as the following" is not correct in this context. "As follows" is the only way I've ever heard it.
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
jrostandjrostand
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I can't put my finger on the exact grammatical reason, but I know that "as the following" is not correct in this context. "As follows" is the only way I've ever heard it.
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
jrostandjrostand
363
I can't put my finger on the exact grammatical reason, but I know that "as the following" is not correct in this context. "As follows" is the only way I've ever heard it.
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
jrostandjrostand
363
answered May 20 '12 at 22:08
jrostandjrostand
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"As follows" is an idiom which introduces a list.
You can say "the following" as a sort of pronoun (an anaphoric noun phrase), eg
The following are all the options available:
and even
We expect some response like the following:
but it is not an idiom in the same way.
"As the following" is grammatical, but not normal.
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
Colin FineColin Fine
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"As follows" is an idiom which introduces a list.
You can say "the following" as a sort of pronoun (an anaphoric noun phrase), eg
The following are all the options available:
and even
We expect some response like the following:
but it is not an idiom in the same way.
"As the following" is grammatical, but not normal.
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
Colin FineColin Fine
65.2k176163
add a comment |
"As follows" is an idiom which introduces a list.
You can say "the following" as a sort of pronoun (an anaphoric noun phrase), eg
The following are all the options available:
and even
We expect some response like the following:
but it is not an idiom in the same way.
"As the following" is grammatical, but not normal.
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
Colin FineColin Fine
65.2k176163
"As follows" is an idiom which introduces a list.
You can say "the following" as a sort of pronoun (an anaphoric noun phrase), eg
The following are all the options available:
and even
We expect some response like the following:
but it is not an idiom in the same way.
"As the following" is grammatical, but not normal.
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
Colin FineColin Fine
65.2k176163
answered May 21 '12 at 9:29
Colin FineColin Fine
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