Timeline for Plural or singular with repeated word
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 10:33 | history | undeleted | Zeeshan Ali | ||
| Jan 15, 2019 at 10:33 | history | deleted | Zeeshan Ali | via Vote | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 14:42 | comment | added | Tashus | I second Canadian Yankee's comment. The first example in the question is not grammatical, and the second "the" is not required. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 14:20 | history | edited | Zeeshan Ali | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 9, 2019 at 14:19 | comment | added | Zeeshan Ali | I agree to "If the subject is a compound subject ("0 and 20"), then you must use the plural verb are, ..". Eg: "One and one are two." emswriting.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/subject-verb-agreement-24 | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 14:11 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | I disagree. If the subject is a compound subject ("0 and 20"), then you must use the plural verb are, so your first example is ungrammatical. The only correct alternative is your second example. | |
| Jan 9, 2019 at 13:29 | history | answered | Zeeshan Ali | CC BY-SA 4.0 |