as follows
fixed phr..fixed phr.. you use this to introduce a list or an explanation that comes next.
fixed phr.. a formulaic expression used to introduce a list, sequence, or detailed explanation that immediately follows in the text.
The rules for the game are as follows.
The main points of the new company policy are as follows: no smoking, no overtime, and free coffee.
The methodology for the clinical trial was structured as follows to ensure the highest degree of statistical accuracy and patient safety.
always used in the singular form 'follows' regardless of whether the list contains one item or many.
point out that this is a set phrase; students often try to pluralize it to 'as follow' when introducing multiple items, which is grammatically incorrect in this idiom.
The ingredients are as follow:The ingredients are as follows:the phrase is a fixed idiom and the 's' must always be included even if the subject is plural.