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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Is or are?
Hi. Please help. Which should they be, is or are?
1. Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
2. All the fame and (all the) fortune is/are not going to do much good to him now.
1. Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
2. All the fame and (all the) fortune is/are not going to do much good to him now.
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Which should they be, is or are? 1. Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
- Which should they be, is or are?
- 1.
- Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
- 2.
- All the fame and (all the) fortune is/are not going to do much good to him now.
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Which should they be, is or are?
1. Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
2. All the fame and (all the) fortune is/are not going to do much good to him now.
Cookies or a box of candies is a good gift to give. ( here the noun (cookies) though plural, gives one idea to the mind (good gift) and hence the verb is singular in form.
All the fame and
1. Cookies or a box of candies is/are a good gift to give.
2. All the fame and (all the) fortune is/are not going to do much good to him now.
Cookies or a box of candies is a good gift to give. ( here the noun (cookies) though plural, gives one idea to the mind (good gift) and hence the verb is singular in form.
All the fame and
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