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MrCurious Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Ins and outs of something is/are

The ins and outs of the problem is / are......

Which one is correct? is or are?

any help is welcome
  

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ins and outs ARE

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  • ins and outs ARE
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Hi , i'm wondering, can't the sentence be single never?
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MuslimahHi , i'm wondering, can't the sentence be single never?
Hi Muslimah -

Hi,
I'm wondering: Can't the sentence ever be singular?

(ins is plural, outs is plural, so "ins and outs" is most definitely plural)
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MuslimahHi , i'm wondering, can't the sentence be single never?
(ins is plural, outs is plural, so "ins and outs" is most definitely plural)

Hi again,

if someone says: In and Out .... willl it give the same meaning as singular?or it's just a form"Ins and Outs" doen't have to cha
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Probably not-- 'in' and 'out' are two different things-- a compound subject, as my wife can attest. However, we would no longer have the idiomatic--

'ins and outsEOF_HEAD>' pl.n. BOF_DEF>
  1. The intricate details of a situation, decision, or process.
  2. The windings of a road or path.
--of our original sentence, so I'd have
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well, all thanks to you..
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