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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

plural singular problem

His father and your prospective boss is one man.

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Inchoateknowledge His father and your prospective boss is one man. Correct? I would use the plural 'are', just because we started out with a compound subject.

— Philip

  • Inchoateknowledge His father and your prospective boss is one man.
  • Correct?
  • I would use the plural 'are', just because we started out with a compound subject.
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  • I might change the end of the sentence to "the one and the same"
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InchoateknowledgeHis father and your prospective boss is one man.

Correct?
I would use the plural 'are', just because we started out with a compound subject. "Your father and your prospective boss are human beings, are grown men, are.......". I might change the end of th
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Hi Philip,

Your reasoning sounds sound to me.

thanks.
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and
rings the plural alarm, for me, in this case
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