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 As well (as) meaning “in addition”

As well is an adverb which means “also, too” or “in addition”. We usually use as well at the
end of a clause:

1. We look forward very much to seeing you again and to meeting your wife as well.

As well as is a multi-word preposition which means “in addition to”.

2. She has invited Jill as well as Kate.

3. When they go to Austria, the like walking as well as skiing.

Might as well and may as well

We use might as well and may as well informally to mean that something is worth doing
only because other things are not happening. Might as well is more common:

1. I might as well paint the bedroom myself; no one else is going to do it.
2. We may as well go out tonight because there’s not much on TV.

As well

We use as well and the phrase just as well when we say that something is probably a good
thing.

1. It’s just as well to have a good camera with you when you visit the bird park. (As well
there means “it’s a good thing”).
2. It’s just as well we didn’t go to the lecture, because it was cancelled.

 Except and except for

We often use except and except for as prepositions to mean “not including” or “excluding”.
They are followed by a noun or noun phrase or a wh-clause. Both except and except for are
correct after a noun:

1. I like all fruit except (for) oranges. (Excluding oranges)

2. Except for Louisa, who’s away in Berlin this weekend, we’ll all be at the party.
3. She likes going to most sports events, except cricket matches.
Except can also be used as a conjunction. We don’t use except for in this way: