Quote Originally Posted by bobblehead View Post
Its a joke Dan. Try saying "You should thank my father as well as his boss Donna Shalala for the Pat Richter hire."
Actually not, that would mean my father was more important than Donna Shalala in the hiring process.

Notice that the phrase ‘ as well as’ is not equivalent to ‘ and’ because ‘ and’ connects two components of equal importance while as well as focuses more on one of the elements. A s well as may be termed as similar to the correlative ‘ not only…but also’, however, the emphasis is put on the component that comes before as well as.