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Lentils are my favourite food.
Lentils is my favourite food.
Which one is correct?
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It's a tossup. How about "Pork and beans is/are my favorite food"? English chokes on such conundrums.
- It's a tossup.
- How about "Pork and beans is/are my favorite food"?
- English chokes on such conundrums.
- I like "lentils are" and "pork and beans is", because lentils are a food item, and pork and beans is a dish.
- But a case could be made for lentils' being a dish, too.
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It's a tossup. How about "Pork and beans is/are my favorite food"? English chokes on such conundrums. I like "lentils are" and "pork and beans is", because lentils are a food item, and pork and beans is a dish. But a case could be made for lentils' being a dish, too.
0Lentils are / is my favourite food.
"Lentils" is simply the plural form of "lentil", and there's no reason not to use the plural verb "are". Similarly: "potatoes/carrots are my favourite vegetable". But note that with some veggies, even though they have plural forms, the generic meaning in a singular construction is often preferred , e.g. "Cauliflower/cabbage is my f
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