Milk and honey
Are these sentences both correct:
1) I am going to a land where milk and honey flow.
2) I am going to a land where milk and honey flows.
I think '1' is the usual way of saying it, but it is ambiguous:
a) a mixture of milk and honey flows
b) there are streams of milk and there are streams of honey
I think '2' makes it clear that we are talking about a mixture. But I am not sure it is correct.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
I would use flow, but if you want to think of milk and honey as one entity, flows is possible. CB
- I would use flow, but if you want to think of milk and honey as one entity, flows is possible.
- CB
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I would use flow, but if you want to think of milk and honey as one entity, flows is possible.
CB
0Thank you very much, Cool Breeze, for your replies,
So if I think of it as one entity, then both forms are possible? If we have a mixture of milk and honey I could use either sentence? Or do I have to use the singular verb?
Gratefully,
Navi.
0navitasanone entity
One requires a verb that refers to one, in other words, singular.
CB
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