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Ganok Pornpan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

is / are

Hi! Everyone. I'm new here. Found this website very interesting so i registered few minutes ago. Well, my question is in this sentence 'The idea of beauty in Thailand and in the western world are/is two completely different things.', should i use is or are? It's part of my English homework. Please help ^^
  

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The subject is a singular word, idea, and consequently is is needed. CB

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The subject is a singular word, idea, and consequently is is needed.

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Oh thank you! I got confused at first cuz i thought maybe 'in Thailand and in the western world' makes the subject plural. Thanks again^^
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'The idea of beauty in Thailand and in the western world is two completely different things' strikes me as a very clunky sentence.

I'd try:

'The idea of beauty in Thailand and that in the western world are two completely different things

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'The ideas of beauty in Thailand and in the western world are two completely different things'.
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