make/s

Yoong LiatFrench fries make/makes an excellent complement to hamburger.

Which is the correct verb?

Thanks.


Easy way out: "an order of French fries makes....."

Philip

Yoong Liat
French fries make/makes an excellent complement to hamburger.

Easy way out: "an order of French fries makes....."

Which verb should be used as the sentence stands?

Yoong Liat

Philip

Yoong Liat
French fries make/makes an excellent complement to hamburger.

Easy way out: "an order of French fries makes....."

Which verb should be used as the sentence stands?
I'm not taking a stand

I would say "either": "make", because there are many of them; "makes", because in the context of the sentence, "French fries" may be regarded as "(the item) French fries".

But I think the plural usage would be more common.

MrP

Thanks, MrP.

Hi guys,

French fries make/makes an excellent complement to hamburger.

A further small note.

If the reference to 'hamburger' means 'hamburger meat inside a bun', which I think is probably the intention, then you need to say it this way.

French fries make an excellent complement to a

Thanks, Clive.