Talk:including

as a preposition should not be deleted. is a simple preposition, sometimes also further classified as an -ing preposition. as a preposition appears in multiple dictionaries:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/including https://www.thefreedictionary.com/including https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/including

LinguisticsGirl.Librarian (talk) 16:19, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

RFD discussion: October 2019
Please provide reasoning, seeing you tagged this. &mdash; surjection &lang;?&rang; 13:39, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Though I tagged it only 6 months ago, I don't remember why. It might have been a visceral dislike for the subsense. I've removed the tag. DCDuring (talk) 13:46, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

2. Conjunction: and in addition
as well as: Discussion of the market analysis - including whether it was skewed in favor of launching the project - went on for an hour. Backinstadiums (talk) 17:30, 12 December 2022 (UTC)


 * Although that is a possible parse, you should consider other words like "comprising", "comprehending" which are just the same, and not traditionally regarded as conjunctions. Equinox ◑ 17:33, 12 December 2022 (UTC)