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Piermo Posted 3 years ago
Grammar
Are vs. is.
When we have a sentence with two nouns like this one:
“The table and the chairs are mine.”
we use are.
But when we have a sentence like this other one:
“Since with or without is a preposition …”
Do we use are or is? Do we consider just the individual word as an option? or the two words as a unit?
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" The contrived problem goes away.
- " The contrived problem goes away.
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piermo“Since with or without is a preposition …”
Use "and" in place of "or": "Since 'with' and 'without' are prepositions …." The contrived problem goes away.
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piermoWhen we have a sentence with two nouns like this one:
“The table and the chairs are mine.”
we use are.
But when we have a sentence like this other one:
“Since with or without is a preposition …”
Do
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