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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is or are

Is 'are' the correct choice in both sentences?

Two menus is or are enough.
Two is or are enough.
  

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Anonymous Is or are? Yes. You'll hear both 'is enough' and 'are enough'.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Is or are?
  • Yes.
  • You'll hear both 'is enough' and 'are enough'.
  • Sometimes the speaker views the two, three, four, ...
  • things as individual things and sometimes as a group or a unit.
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Anonymous Is or are?
Yes.

You'll hear both 'is enough' and 'are enough'. Sometimes the speaker views the two, three, four, ... things as individual things and sometimes as a group or a unit.

CJ
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CalifJim Anonymous Is or are?Yes.You'll hear both 'is enough' and 'are enough'. Sometimes the speaker views the two, three, four, ... things as individual things and sometimes as a group or a unit.CJ
Thanks. So what do you recommend?

And your 'yes' is that 'are' is the correct one here?
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Anonymousyour 'yes' is that 'are' is the correct one here?
No. The question was "Is or are?" My answer ("Yes") means "Yes, you can use 'is' or 'are'".
AnonymousSo what do you recommend?
I recommend that you do what native speakers do, as I have described. Use 'is enough' when you're thinking of the group as
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CalifJim Anonymousyour 'yes' is that 'are' is the correct one here?No. The question was "Is or are?" My answer ("Yes") means "Yes, you can use 'is' or 'are'".AnonymousSo what do you recommend?I recommend that you do what native speakers do, as I have described. Use 'is enough' when you're thinking of the group as a unit; use 'are enough' when you're thinking of the indivi
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Anonymous I feel 'are' would be correct when in doubt if 'is' is possible?
CJ has said that both are possible, and that the choice depends on how you feel about this. I would have said the same if I had replied first.
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fivejedjon Anonymous I feel 'are' would be correct when in doubt if 'is' is possible?CJ has said that both are possible, and that the choice depends on how you feel about this. I would have said the same if I had replied first.
Yes, I meant in other situations when in doubt of which to use.

like here it would be wrong to say: the boys 'is' giving me
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Anonymoushere it would be wrong to say: the boys 'is' giving me a hard time. Right?How could I know that this rule would apply, and in what cases?
This thread is about "is enough", "are enough", not about "The boys is".

CJ
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CalifJim Anonymoushere it would be wrong to say: the boys 'is' giving me a hard time. Right?How could I know that this rule would apply, and in what cases?This thread is about "is enough", "are enough", not about "The boys is".CJ
Yes, that is why I asked. How can I know in which situations both 'is and are' are possible, ones that are similar to our above exam
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AnonymousHow can I know in which situations both 'is and are' are possible, ones that are similar to our above example with 'enough', as you said?
I'm afraid you can't.
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CalifJim AnonymousHow can I know in which situations both 'is and are' are possible, ones that are similar to our above example with 'enough', as you said?I'm afraid you can't. You just have to continue your study of English and ask about cases that trouble you.AnonymousWhat are other words (such as enough) or instances where both would be correct?I don't know of any list
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