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Js640117 Posted 14 years ago
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I was taught A and B are regarded as plural subject, the plural subject shall agree with a plural verb.
but i find a sentence as "what is the waist size and length of this pair of pants"? The verb is to be "is " or "are"?
  

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Grammatically it should be are , but in informal speech many native speakers use is (especially in the contracted form ' s ) when the two things are considered to be closely related, almost one idea; What's your place and date of birth?

— Fivejedjon

  • Grammatically it should be are , but in informal speech many native speakers use is (especially in the contracted form ' s ) when the two things are considered to be closely related, almost one idea; What's your place and date of birth?
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Grammatically it should be are, but in informal speech many native speakers use is (especially in the contracted form 's) when the two things are considered to be closely related, almost one idea;

What's your place and date of birth?
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