The usage of "with" and "as“ in a sentence [closed]

Can the preposition with be used in this way with as?

Under the guidance of our leaders, we participated in the show both physically and virtually, with online mode as the main mode and physical mode as the auxiliary mode.

The context is that the company has just attended a show in-person and virtually.


Solution 1:

With online mode as the main mode can be re-written as with X as Y and yes, it is a commonly used phrase which means:

X being Y OR while X is Y OR having X as Y.

In your sentence this prepositional phrase is an circumstantial adjunct of accompaniment:

Accompaniment is a type of circumstantial adjunct which represents the meanings and corresponds to the interrogatives with whom?, and who/what else?, but not who/what?. It is something which is often found with something else.It is expressed by prepositional phrase with preposition such as with, without, besides, instead of. (source)

About as, CAGEL says:

The main preposition taking a predicative complement is as: this is the prepositional analogue of the verb be. The whole as phrase may function as complement or adjunct in the larger construction containing it. (p. 636)

As an independent clause with online mode as the main mode would be

"Online mode" is the main mode.