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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Is/are not the same thing. Which one to use?

Hope is not the same things as optimism


What if I write this sentence this way


Hope and optimism are not the same thing


Is it right


Or should it be


Hope and optimism is not the same thing?

  

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Hope and optimism are not the same thing. (plural subject) Hope is not the same thing as optimism. (singular subject)

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  • Hope and optimism are not the same thing.
  • (plural subject) Hope is not the same thing as optimism.
  • (singular subject)
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Hope and optimism are not the same thing. (plural subject)
Hope is not the same thing as optimism. (singular subject)

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