I asked my Japanese boyfriend if ともない should be written as 伴ない or 伴い and he said the former which is the opposite of what is written in this grammar point. I think I will try to confirm with other native speakers. Has anyone else heard something similar?
Interesting - I see it written as 伴う in two different dictionaries, and is also what is pulled up initially by my computer's IME. Definitely working checking, though.
Alright. I looked up a few Japanese websites online and confirmed with another native speaker and they seem to agree that the proper usage is 伴い/伴って but some dictionaries and one PDF article I saw establish the fact that 伴ない/伴なって can exist although it's now almost out of use. So what is written up in the grammar usage is correct. Sorry if I almost made that confusing!
(The boyfriend seems to no longer have an opinion. Ha!)
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