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Nemo1014 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
is/are
Hi , everyone!
Which sentence is correct?
1. Life and work are complicated enough without having to deal with difficult people.
2. Life and work is complicated enough without having to deal with difficult people.
Thanks!
Which sentence is correct?
1. Life and work are complicated enough without having to deal with difficult people.
2. Life and work is complicated enough without having to deal with difficult people.
Thanks!
Top answer
Both are correct. If you think of life and work as two entities, use are . If you think of them as one entity, use is .
- Both are correct.
- If you think of life and work as two entities, use are .
- If you think of them as one entity, use is .
- CB
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Both are correct. If you think of life and work as two entities, use are. If you think of them as one entity, use is.
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"Life" and "work" are two different things. You have a plural subject. "Is" sounds wrong no matter how you slice it. Only rarely can a subject like that be construed as singular. The reader has to have construed it as singular unaided before he gets to the verb, or it sounds like a mistake to him.
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